[Wildalaska]

So its Midnight Sept 14, 2004 (is that the date), Congress has let it die on the vine and there it is...clean, oiled and beautiful..

A Colt M4 LEO carbine withe the "LEO" only markings...

And the P99 mag with the LEO markings...

Legal to sell? Collector items? Speculations wanted~!

WildiknowtheansweranywayAlaska

[Cal4D4]

If sunset comes, those markings will be as relevant and valuable as the "Do not remove under penalty of Law" tags on cushions and mattresses! Except in Kali.:(

[voilsb]

that's what I'd guess, too. after the sunset, the LEO and date markings on magazines and "assault weapons" will be just as legally binding as a "smile, we love you" message is.

[Azrael256]

Um... before you take a file to something like that, you might look up just exactly what section of law the "LEO Only" markings come from. If that section isn't repealed, then you would be able to go buy a truckload of non-LEO 15-rounders for your Baretta, but the "LEO Only" ones may still be "LEO Only."

[voilsb]

the AWB doesn't need to get repealed. it goes away in its entirety when it sunsets. there has to be active legislation to *KEEP* it, or any part of it, from going away.

[Azrael256]

Ok, you're right, it's a sunset, but where is the section of law about "LEO Only"? Is it in the AWB language, or does it reside somewhere else?

[voilsb]

it's in the AWB bill where it talks about high-capacity magazines (I'm pretty sure).

it might not actually be in the law at all, kinda like the dates. they're required to date the magazines to show they aren't pre-ban, but once the pre/post-ban distinction goes away, the utility of said dates also goes away.

it should make LEO mags pretty much like hornandy "LEO" ammunition. they're labeled as such, but with no legal grounding.

[El Tejon]

They'll be collector's items.:D

[Don Gwinn]

The bill made an exception for manufacture of banned weapons to be sold only to LEO and military. The exception required that such weapons be marked. The markings settled upon were "LEO only."

If and when the bill sunsets, the markings will be irrelevant. They may have a very mild collector value, but it won't be much.