Was that a raw count of MG registrations previous to '86, or does that number reflect the thousands lost/stolen and/or destroyed as "contraband"?

Speaking of numbers and loss of MG's, has ATF made any indication as to what will happen with the inventory of Autoweapons? I haven't been following along to know what's what with that "situation".

As I've been given to understand, however, the inventory they hold is perhaps on par with the Knight collection. A scary thought with an anti-gun president hell bent on ridding society of as many civilian-legal firearms as possible.