However, there’s a provision of the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 that made it legal to import any firearm that is a Curio and Relic, regardless of its sporting purpose suitability. This means anything that’s on the C&R list, or anything more than 50 years old is importable by law. This EO won’t do anything to affect the import of surplus military arms that originated overseas, like the Mosin-Nagant, Enfields, or Mauser. Even the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine are C&R, and are therefore blanket importable, regardless of what the Attorney General may want to determine about its sporting purpose.
via The Legalities of the New Executive Order | Shall Not Be Questioned.
Go read before setting your own hair on fire.
And an Executive Order is the creation of a law by presidential Dictate, without Congressional input or approval. .
What is the definition of a Dictator again?
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This seems mainly aimed at the surplus South Korean M1s.