It's real simple. If an LEO or military person purchases one and then re-sells it, it is 100% legal. The issue is sales of units that have a certain Mw rating. They are regulated by the FDA as I recall and a simple Google search probably will provide all the info.

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That's sounding like that's not actually the case.
No clue how Stickman and all the other hundreds of photos I've seen online of guys with these mounted on their rifles (Mk18 clone thread on arfcom..) can legally own them.
Were they ALL stolen units (with maybe the exception of soldiers or LE agents mounting them on their personal weapons)?