US Justice Dept Rules that Trench Art is Ammunition

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  1. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Who asked the question in the first place, and why?
     
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  2. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I had a bullet belt a few years ago that I never bothered to list. I just foresaw endless problems with trying to ship it anywhere.
     
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  3. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

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  4. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Ha!!! The German army has infiltrated my storage unit!!!
     
  5. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    'Destruction by cutting' is on the list of destruction methods and pretty well all trench art involves some cutting, therefore the items are destroyed as ammunition.
     
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  6. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    That's fine, if the clownfarts, who wrote the rules, know what the words used actually mean. :p
     
  7. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    What this means to dealers and collectors is that before sending trench art anywhere they need to get familiar with the many rules applicable to sale, transfer, transportation of ammunition.

    It means nothing of the sort. Asking an official for an official reply will get the most cautious reply possible. In practice, not one will care and it is also both arguable and pretty obvious that the items are effectivly destroyed as 'ammunition'

    Any proceeding would be dismissed long before it reached court, and I am pretty sure spring knows this but is just posting the letter as a wind up.
     
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  8. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    My mother had a lot of trench art because she was an Army vet and liked the stuff. I sold lot of it and kept only a few pieces. Glad I didn't know about it then.
     
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  9. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Oh! Thank you for her service!!!!
     
  10. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    My parents met at Keesler Field in Biloxi. Then she had to get out because she got pregnant and he was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth where I was born. I never heard the end of 'ruining' her career. She loved the Army. :( Women couldn't stay in if they were expecting. Not like today. At one point, all three women in my husband's Navy office were expecting.
     
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  11. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    :(
    ~
    And I shall say uh oh as well. ;)
     
  12. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

    You must belong to an elite few who can make the claim of being born at Fort Leavenworth. :happy:
     
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  13. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    True...but depends upon which facility....
    No? ;)
     
  14. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

    heehee
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Jeez you better be carefull with that plane...you could poke someones eye out.....if you picked it up and tried to smack someone in the face !!!;);)
     
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