Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Surrender

Or be destroyed. [More]

Make sure you play this in the background while you're reading the story.
Posted by David Codrea at 2/10/2016 12:28:00 PM

5 comments:

SiGraybeard said...

Those appear to be 80% lowers, so not technically lower receivers. The article (not surprisingly) doesn't mention much about this. They say, "Federal law classifies AR-15 lower receivers as firearms and, thus, requires that they must be manufactured with serial numbers by a licensed manufacturer, and that they can only be sold by a licensed firearms dealer." but that's not applicable to 80% lowers. They're a hunk of plastic.

Farther down they say "Cook’s lower receivers were made of polymer and contained cavities with different color polymer, making it easier for purchasers to mill out the cavities and convert the lower receiver to an operational firearm." which means they know they're not real firearms.

Any idea what gives? There's a lot of talk attacking the ability to sell 80% lowers. Is it just that?

2/10/2016 1:39 PM
David Codrea said...

Yeah, I read this that these are precursors.

2/10/2016 1:52 PM
Longbow said...

Quote from the piece:
“Targeting the illegal manufacturing and distribution of unfinished lower receivers continues to be a priority for ATF. Keeping these untraceable firearms out of the hands of criminals is paramount to protecting the public,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Jill A. Snyder.

That statement is full of nonsense. How, where and when did it become "illegal" to make or sell an unfinished lower receiver? And it is a contributor to crime? Hobbyists are a major crime problem now?

They settled with stealing his property, probably because they knew they wouldn't be able to win in court, if the case went to trial. As per usual, they would bankrupt a man just to prove they could.

2/10/2016 1:56 PM
Longbow said...

" I read this that these are precursors."

More goodness to come, David?

2/10/2016 1:58 PM
David Codrea said...

Yep, and from all directions, whenever they think they can nudge things "forward."

2/10/2016 3:57 PM

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