
Originally Posted by
Renegade
The defendant doesn't know if he bought a F/A or a S/A? Even though he was issued a F/A when in Service? What next he does not know it had an obliterated SN either?
A lot of M14's, maybe most, were issued from the arms room with a selector lock in place. You had to drive a pin out to remove the selector lock and relace it with a selector switch. The selector switches were kept separate from the rifles, usually in a safe.
So it is entirely possible that Alfred Pick 1) only carried an M14 with a selector lock in place so was not aware that all were capable of full auto; 2) and the M14 he illegally possessed had the selector lock in place - just the same as the one he carried - which was semi-auto and therefore he thought his was legal.
Doubtful, but possible.
Last edited by 26 Inf; 10-18-18 at 23:53.
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