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Similar regulations were in effect during Korea and Viet Nam. After the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which changed federal regulations for importation of firearms, the military authorities required service persons bringing home any captured firearms to go through an import process set forth in that law. However, since the GCA ’68 also banned the importation of military surplus firearms, and most firearms captured in a war were of course military in nature, it effectively ended the ability of veterans to bring home captured firearms. Still, some pre-1899 antique firearms along with parts, magazines and accessories from newer weapons were permitted. Some small firearms were simply brought home hidden in luggage or equipment. The first Soviet Makarov pistol I ever saw was at a gun show in 1983. It was being sold by a soldier just home from the U.S. action in Grenada. (I passed on it because the 9x18mm ammunition was unavailable.)

A few well-publicized cases of smuggling after the Grenada action and the first Gulf War have totally ended any legal way for service persons to bring or send home ANY captured firearm or even part of one. In one example, a general had sent home several full automatic AK-47s that had been disabled simply by removing the firing pin. This was a violation of federal law as the receivers of these guns were intact and they could be easily repaired. Then there were several instances where illegal firearms and explosive munitions were hidden inside military vehicles by persons involved in transporting them back to the states after the conflict. The actions of a few have ruined things for everyone.