Legal: Pre- / Post- need for consistent usage.

[F4GIB]

Just exactly what event does pre/post ban refer to? I think I know this stuff but sometimes the words are used in an obviously different way.

There are several events we might be referring to:
(a) 1989 - George Bush's administrative import ban of those 18 (or so) foreign made "assault rifles," including the FAL,
(b) 1992 - The Unsold amendment in which congress banned domestic manufacturing ban of "assault rifles" with more than 10 specified foreign-made parts (20 parts on the list of possibles), and
(c) 1994 - The Feinstein amendment in which congress banned new domestic manufacture of "assault weapons" which have 2 or more specific features (out of 5 listed, including flashhiders, threaded barrels, and bayonet lugs.).
The FAL series of rifles is affected by all 3 while the AR-15 is only affected by (c).

Most firearms folks use "post-ban" to refer to the 1994 "assault weapons" ban. Yet, on this list people seem to refer sometimes to (a) and sometimes to (c). Or so I think.

Am I correct in this analysis:
Belgian. FAL 50.00: pre-1989 import ban
Springfield Armory SAR 48: pre-1992 parts ban
Springfield Armory SAR 4800: pre-1994 AW ban
Current DSA STG58: post-1994 AW ban
????????

Even so, when should I say "pre-ban"?

[DK]

Given that FAL's in general are "imported", it is probably most correct to refer to pre-ban weapons as those that were imported prior to the 1989 import ban. I wouldn't (and don't) refer to SAR4800's as pre-ban anything. They were imported, and therefore are correctly "post-ban" rifles. The SAR48's and Belgian 50.00 et-al, are "pre-ban" for the same reason; they were imported prior to the 1989 import ban.

DK

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