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I don't have an AR but I assumed that because the cartridge flows from the lower receiver and is chambered in the upper that the upper was what was the ATF defi
by Zimahl 13y ago
I don't have an AR but I assumed that because the cartridge flows from the lower receiver and is chambered in the upper that the upper was what was the ATF definition of a gun. My mistake, I got them backwards. The lower is what needs the background check through an FFL.
I guess I also didn't read the law correctly with respect to a silencer. I figured since it's illegal to possess without the proper paperwork you couldn't make one anyways since one you completed it you were immediately guilty. I didn't realize there is a separate law covering the process of building one but I guess I should've since guns require a manufacturing license.
- ctdonath 13y agoDon't assume anything when it comes to gun laws. Two simple examples should make the point: - In New York (and many other jurisdictions) law, a rifle is not a firearm. - In US law, "armor piercing" as defined has nothing to do with the capability of piercing armor. Not kidding.
- Zimahl 13y agoBut the Feds define a rifle as a firearm so does it matter what the NY law defines? Unless they are defining it as something that is much more strict, which, as draconian as the gun laws are in NY, that wouldn't surprise me.
- ctdonath 13y agoMy point was to not make statements about gun laws unless you in fact know the law, and to demonstrate how common wisdom can be very legally wrong. Wanna make it a serious matter? A "sawed off shotgun" is legal if made one way, and 10 years prison time if made another - identical parts used either way.
- jonmrodriguez 13y agoSince your comment at the top of this thread is the top-voted, I suggest you please edit it lest the false information land a non-careful reader in jail.
- Zimahl 13y agoI would but as of right now I am unable to edit my own comments. shrug