When did the law change to need a FFL?

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  • 340six

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    I know Oswald mail order a rifle and did not need one.
    When did it change to require an FFL?
     

    DBMJR1

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    As others have said, 1968.

    I was seven years old. I found out about it from a nice lady in Sears, in Oakwood Shopping Center. I tried to buy my usual box of .22 ammo, and was told that I had to have my Mom buy it for me because the law changed.

    For a couple of years after that, the fellows at Western Auto, on Gen Meyer, would still sell to us, despite the laws. Then one day THAT changed.

    They used to advertise German Lugers in the back of 'Boy's Life' magazines for $19.95 + $4.00 Shipping/Handling. Could never get Mom to write that check.
     

    323MAR

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    As others have said, 1968.

    I was seven years old. I found out about it from a nice lady in Sears, in Oakwood Shopping Center. I tried to buy my usual box of .22 ammo, and was told that I had to have my Mom buy it for me because the jlaw changed.

    For a couple of years after that, the fellows at Western Auto, on Gen Meyer, would still sell to us, despite the laws. Then one day THAT changed.

    They used to advertise German Lugers in the back of 'Boy's Life' magazines for $19.95 + $4.00 Shipping/Handling. Could never get Mom to write that check.

    Your Mom saved your life. The Luger would have warped your young impressionable mind and turned you into a Nazi.
     

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    Yea, . . . , I've got three of them now. Wish I had bought them for $19.95.

    I tried my best to talk my dad into spending a few extra bucks for the cool looking German P08 Luger...but he wasn't going for any of my arguments ...He just knew the the Walther P38 was a better pistol and ordered two , one for himself and one for a buddy . I waited every day for the mailman to bring the package from Klien's Sporting Goods .
    One day the mailman delivers and gives me , an eleven year old kid , a box containing two WWII Walther P38's and 1000 rounds of 9mm Luger ammo....without so much as a signature on the delivery or anything...just a " Here , give this to your Daddy !"
    Those times , 1961 , were good . Ever since 1968 the restrictions just get ever tighter...no matter what laws are past...it's never enough...never !
    Gary
     

    323MAR

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    Exactly! Gun control laws mean nothing if families do not take care of their own.
    As a child, many of us had access to guns, yet we still respected them and used them responsibly.
     

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