Govt is going after the low hanging fruit-this time ghost guns

You assume (incorrectly) that all my guns were manufactured and purchased after 1968.

Many guns change hands via private sale and become untraceable.

FFLs are only required to keep the 4473s for 20 years. I don't know how many actually dispose of the older ones, but I know of at least 1.

That just changed with the new executive order. Now ALL 4473s must be turned in to the Feds.
 
We ARE the greatest country in the world...and also the worst. We're a mess of contradictions and an infinite assortment of alliances.

Having the opinion that registering firearms (NFA included) indicates a genocidal maniac is patently ridiculous. Speaking of low-hanging fruit, this is it...

As long as we have irresponsible people doing irresponsible acts with firearms, this debate will rage on. I request civility by all parties.

You are extrapolating. This is a gun control thread. Dictators like gun control. Using a humorous meme is not uncivil.

V/R

The Chief
 
Here's a couple links for old school stuff. It is for those who
might need things.

First one came out in 1969. Pages 96-143 are good for small
stuff like this thread seems to dance around.

https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-c...ions-Handbook-1969-Department-of-the-Army.pdf


Second book from 66 is very illuminating for things that
need illumination as it were.

https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/TM-31-201-1.pdf

You might want to print them out because paper doesn't need
batteries. Hopefully their information won't be needed but I
hear the ratchet clicking as the screws get tighter.
 
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None of this is good and the republicans will do nothing to stop it, but it doesn't look (from what I've read) like it stops a person from building an 80% receiver into a firearm. The insidious part is the feds now want all those 4473s to wallow around in. I'm sure there's more insidiousness to come but thats what I've read.
 
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..that would be register, not regester..

The ATF sales form is the registration. Here is the Florida law straight from the Florida Dept of Law Enforcement:

Must be 21 years of age. Rifles and shotguns may be purchased by a person who is at least 18 when that person is a law enforcement officer or correctional officer as defined in F.S. 943.10 or service member as defined in F.S. 250.01.
Must be a Florida resident to purchase a handgun. Long guns may be purchased by persons who are residents of other states so long as the sale complies with applicable laws in the purchaser's state of residence.
Legal permanent resident aliens who are Florida residents may purchase a firearm and must provide a valid alien registration number. Non-resident aliens visiting Florida must present a border crossing number (I-94) and a valid exception document .
Florida does not require a permit to purchase a firearm nor is there a permit that exempts any person from the background check requirement.
There is a waiting period of three days, excluding weekends and state holidays, between purchase and delivery of all firearms. Individual counties and cities have the authority to enact local ordinances extending the waiting period to as much as five days. Please consult local ordinances for more detailed information.
There is no limit to the number of firearms that may be transferred in a single transaction. The transaction is considered complete once the dealer has completed and signed the ATF Form 4473. An additional transfer (whether minutes later, the next day, or the next month) requires an additional background check.

You're assuming everybody goes through an FFL. How about private sales, trades, gifts. Then there are stolen firearms.
 
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Yeah, Until everyone thinks like you, and then no state is free.

That is rude and uncalled for. As a vet and former marine law enforcement at a federal port, I have served this country, earning my views. How have you served this country that gives you the right to badmouth someone who has?

To think that regulating ghost guns will somehow 'rob' states of their freedoms is thinking from the shallow end of the pool. Next thing you know, 'they' will be demanding you license your trucks and dogs, and than the fight is really on.
 
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I would like to get a couple of 20% lowers to see how that milling machine I got works next winter. What seems to be overlooked is that it is not legal to make yourself a gun then sell it to someone else, that makes you a firearm manufacturer and uncle sugar will want his cut. That's the way I understand it, but I may be wrong. This is the same reason some friends when the asked if I would sell them some of my reloads the answer was no.
 
This is the new rule on Ghost guns and definition of frame and Receiver

The new rule is here

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/rulemaking/final-rule-2021r-05f-definition-frame-or-receiver-and-identification/download

Does a lot more than regulate so-called "Ghost Guns"

A very important part of the rule is how it defines "frame or receiver"

In an AR-15 type gun the "receiver" is what some call a "stripped lower"

In a 1911, the frame is what we normally think of as the frame (i.e., the part that holds the trigger).

I think the above is correct but your mileage might vary

From what I have read, a new definition of frame or receiver was needed because under the old rules neither the upper nor the lower of an AR-15, or the fully assembled gun, met the definition of "firearm."
From the summary:
In the past few years, some courts have treated the regulatory definition of
"firearm frame or receiver" as inflexible when applied to the lower portion of the AR-15-
type rifle, one of the most popular firearms in the United States
. If broadly followed, that
result could mean that as many as 90 percent of all firearms (i.e., with split frames or
receivers, or striker-fired) in the United States would not have any frame or receiver
subject to regulation

^^^ Note the red highlighting above. This is now evidence in a court of law that an AR-15 type rifle is not unusual. Very significant.

This is from the summary:
Because the Department agrees with commenters that the definition of "firearm"
in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3)(B) is best read to mean a single part of a weapon as being the
frame or receiver, the final rule adopts three subsets of the proposed definitions of "frame
or receiver"—"frame" for handguns and variants thereof; "receiver" for rifles, shotguns,
and projectile weapons other than handguns and variants thereof; and "frame" or
"receiver" for firearm muffler or silencer devices. The more limited definitions adopted
in the final rule should address the costs and software problems that commenters raised.

Finally, if anyone wants to protest these new regulations I think it would be a HUGE mistake to try and cut it close to the line without stepping over. IMHO, the best way to protest these regulations is to purchase an American made semi-automatic rifle that conforms to the laws in your jurisdiction. Thereby adding to the argument - one rifle at at time - that these guns are popular and not unusual.
 
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What seems to be overlooked is that it is not legal to make yourself a gun then sell it to someone else, that makes you a firearm manufacturer and uncle sugar will want his cut. That's the way I understand it, but I may be wrong.

In fact, I believe a person can sell a firearm they made from an 80% lower as long as they didn't make it with the INTENT to sell it. That is my understanding. I've seen a few for sale in the local gun classifieds and nobody seems to have a cow about it.

That said, I certainly wouldn't try it. Proving "intent" could be minefield.
 
Tell that to the NYPD -- better than one in 10 guns they've picked up on the street this year at crime scenes are finished Polymer80s or other kit guns -- and not just at "they had a gun" scenes, but murder scenes.

They're very popular with the "I can't pass a background check" meth and crack crowds who use their burner phones and Visa gift cards from traded food stamps to order them.

I don't believe you.
 
That is rude and uncalled for. As a vet and former marine law enforcement at a federal port, I have served this country, earning my views. How have you served this country that gives you the right to badmouth someone who has?

To think that regulating ghost guns will somehow 'rob' states of their freedoms is thinking from the shallow end of the pool. Next thing you know, 'they' will be demanding you license your trucks and dogs, and than the fight is really on.

Again, when everyone thinks like you, NO State will be free.

And just a small FYI- if you don't know what gave me my right to say what I said, go back to school. I stand by what I said, and your "service" doesn't exclude you, sorry if you thought it did.

And guess what? Being born an American, and under the Constitution of this Country.... that gave me right to MY views. Don't like them, don't read them. I would have guessed you knew about the Constitution of the United States though, being how you served and all.

When all people think that "cutting and running" as you suggest as being the way to go, instead of fighting,

NO STATE WILL BE SAFE.

Do you need it explained in some other type of way, that you can better understand? If so, let me know what you want to hear, and I'll write that for you..

Or not. Probably not.

Oh- and did you know that the bill of rights didn't guarantee anything about trucks and dogs? Go check it out. It's true.
 
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