You’ve got my curiosity up. Under current law, if someone builds their own gun, for their own use, what kind of legal restrictions are there? Any?
“.......by politicizing the entire operation and turning it into what amounts to a thumb in the nose of “government overreach” you hurt the entire 3D printing and making industry. The right to bear arms shall not be infringed, etc. etc. but you don’t have to be smarmy about it.”..
Well stated. Don’t give them anymore information than needed. Just get it done but quietly.
“.......by politicizing the entire operation and turning it into what amounts to a thumb in the nose of “government overreach” you hurt the entire 3D printing and making industry. The right to bear arms shall not be infringed, etc. etc. but you don’t have to be smarmy about it.”..
Well stated. Don’t give them anymore information than needed. Just get it done but quietly.
Excellent tagline.
State laws vary, of course, but under Fed law one may make any type of firearm they are not prohibited from possessing. The only restrictions are on NFA firearms, which require registration and a making tax paid. MGs can no longer be made for non le/mil use. And they cannot be made with the intent to resell.
You can’t sell it. Can’t take it across state lines.
Can’t be a class 3 weapon. That’s it.
All restrictions still apply. It just isn’t traceable.
Still can’t be full auto. Can’t be a short barrel rifle. Can’t be a short shotgun. You can’t sell it across state lines if you did not have a license to manufacture it. You don’t need to pass the background check to do it... but you will still be breaking the law if you are a prohibited person and you possess/own it after you make it. So it does not really change much of anything.
“You’ve got my curiosity up. Under current law, if someone builds their own gun, for their own use, what kind of legal restrictions are there? Any?”
Almost none. The Ninth Circuit ruled that it applied to NFA firearms as well, (they said federal law did not apply to homemade automatic guns) but the Supreme Court told them that they were wrong. We can thank Scalia for that, in the Raich decision.