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You’ll find some as you explore new areas and buy some at Duke’s Emporium. You can support it as well by contacting your representatives and encourage them to support and cosponsor HR 420/ S798 “Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act.You’ll pick up a lot of weapons as you play through Resident Evil Village. It is from that perspective that I encourage the passage of the Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act. My role and commitment to readers of Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine is as an advocate for our hobby of collecting and displaying military relics. I am not advocating an amnesty period from my stance as a gun enthusiast, however. I am proud to have earned a concealed carry permit and try to keep my skills sharp by shooting at least 200 rounds a month.
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I went through firearms safety as a kid, was further taught by my father, a former drill instructor, hunted with family and friends and have gone through numerous safety and defensive shooting classes. Some will read this blog and say, “JAG…you left out the current manufacture and sale of machine guns! Forget amnesty-They should all be legal.” Many readers of the JAG File know that I am a shooter. No action on it has been recorded since that time. The amnesty would also apply to family members of these veterans who have been given or inherited such firearms.Īs of this past April, HR 420/ S798 “Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act” was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. This legislation would provide amnesty for veterans who served overseas before 1968 in which these veterans would be able to register “take home” firearms that would fall under National Firearms Act classification. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) are seeking co-sponsors for the “Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act” - S. Families are discovering the war trophies and are paralyzed with the thought that they could be held accountable-even jailed-for possessing the weapons their veteran relatives brought home as souvenirs. Today, we are faced with an alarming rate of decline in the number of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam veterans. This was probably not the intent of the law, but it certainly has been the result. Taking scalps wasn’t very popular in the last century, but grabbing an enemy’s weapon sure was! If the WWII or Korean War veterans then in their 40s and 50s or the Vietnam veterans who were mostly under 30 years old didn’t take the opportunity to register their war booty in 1968, they have been forced to live as criminals ever since. While many soldiers chose less volatile relics such as medals, insignia and uniforms, countless young warriors also slipped pistols, inert explosives or other weapons into their duffle bags before returning to the United States.Ĭriminality was not their intent, but rather, simply “counting coup” on their vanquished enemy. It is the life-blood of our hobby, in fact. Why is that important?Īs militaria collectors, we know that soldiers bring home souvenirs of their service. Bear in mind, that amnesty came only 23 years after the end of WWII and at the height of the Vietnam War.