I started putting together an AR-15 - been researching for months and started buying components recently. The CT shootings made me accelerate my schedule a bit.
The hardest part, by far, isn’t learning about the weapon, choosing the right components to insure functionality/reliability, or making those parts work together.
The hardest part is trying to figure out what the applicable federal laws say, try to interpret what they mean, and guess how they apply.
With an AR-15 (and I suspect other rifles in it’s class), you can add (or remove) several parts that can have little to nothing to do with the capability of the weapon and immediately go from legal, to felony possession.
And that completely leaves out the possibility and danger of misinterpretation by any LEOs you might come in contact with, who likely understand the relevant legislation less than the rifle owner.
It’s beyond crazy.
A not too distant analogy would be putting a huge spoiler ana a fart can muffler on a Civic and saying it’s now legally a race car.
I’m stealin’ that pic!
And another.
