FedGov is highly miffed about our guns, highly miffed.
I know a guy that is making .308 rifles. When he first started out I asked, "Where did you get the money to start that business?"
He replied, "Good fellas." He took a loan from The Outfit. He must have paid them off since he is still healthy and above ground.
He sells to government agencies too. The local gun dealer told me, "They're still making them, but they are hard to get."
Have you ever heard of The Bearded Bandit? He was a bank robber in the Chicago area. He shot a Palatine cop during a traffic stop. There was a picture in thelocal newspaper showing a cop carrying an MP-5 looking for him.
After they caught him, they put him in the Federal lock up in downtown Chicago in the Dirksen Building.
A guy I worked with on State Highways, his Dad was a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He killed the Bearded Bandit on the parking ramp of the building when he was trying to escape.
For him crime literally did not pay. I heard to tried to become a cop in NW suburban Rolling Meadows, but he washed out. It seems he turned to the dark side after that.