What is wrong with a bayonet lug?

I like the bayonet lug on my M1a's. I drill a hole in the sight protector, put a tie wrap through it, loop the tie wrap over the bayonet lug. You can pick up the rifle by the sight protector, it stays on.

Every rifle ought to have one. To hold the sight protector on.

Should be called the sight protector lug.

Kurt S.:

My guess is the anti-bayonet lug thing is a holdover from the old AWB law of 1994, and your answer lies somewhere in the minds of those that formulated said law.

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They were doing stuff to get rid of the bayonet lug long before then. It was a major part of the restrictions in the 1989 importation ban for instance and they were trying to add it to laws restricting back in the 80s. The 1994 law just solidified a long held mistrust in bayonet lugs.

I'm curious, did they say why they thought bayonet lugs should be banned?

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To prevent senseless tragedies such as this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO6pjHiVEVA

Don't look, but at least one congresscritter is proposing bans on stripper clips as well......

How long before rifles featuring slots for their use are banned as well ? >MW

What sense does 922r make?

All this talk makes me want to get my M44 and pop out the bayonet out, since once it is it turns into a full auto rocket launcher!

Lug rhymes with thug.

Without a bayo lug on a AK, you can't put a proper sling on it, right?

If this is a repeat sorry.

I have not read all of the posts, so if this is a repeat please excuse me. I believe that when the original “assault weapon” ban was passed, an illegal weapon must have more than a certain number of items. Some of these items were 1- folding stock, 2- ventilated hand guard, 3- mounting for a bayonet, extended magazine capacity, 4- flash hider (?). So the easiest way to make a weapon legal was to remove the bayonet lug.
Even though I don’t agree I do believe that the seller of any item has the right to place any legal conditions on an item they are selling. But I would be surprised that, even, the government would try and force the owner to modify an item that they had already purchased.