Posted on 11/13/2016 5:17:07 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Companies that make kits which allow buyers to assemble military-style, semi-automatic rifles at home have sprung up in recent years in at least one central Florida county, alarming some in law enforcement.
These so-called "ghost gun" kits have become popular with firearms rights activists because the parts have no serial number or other markings, making them untraceable.
Ghost guns can be purchased online from thousands of different websites without a background check.
It's legal because of the way the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives defines a firearm. Under the law, no manufacturer-stamped serial number is needed if you make a gun for personal use.
At least six of these gun-kit makers are operating in Volusia County, which has worried law enforcement, who say the unregistered guns can make it easy for criminals to arm themselves with untraceable weapons. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
[Under the law, no manufacturer-stamped serial number is needed if you make a gun for personal use. ]
That doesn’t sound right.
It is...the serial numbers stamped are required to track the sale by a manufacturer.
Build your own and it doesn’t require tracking, because you manufactured it (albeit by buying a 90% lower) and aren’t transferring it.
Uppers plus 80% lowers, sounds like.
Hadn't been a problem for the previous 100 years and hasn't been a problem since.
Hyperbole overload!! Criminals can get any weapon they want for a lot less effort it takes to convert one of these blocks of aluminum into a working firearm.
There is no such thing as a "ghost gun", but if you want to see what they are talking about, google "80% lower".
Can I get an affordable Titanium unit?
It is true.....
Sounds excellent then.
I always thought the receiver had to have a serial number.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone did not have SN’s on their rifles (or pistols).
I oppose nearly ANY gun law. This sounds like another bogus issue like “assault” rifles and “Saturday Night Specials”.
So, I guess if they change the law to require serial numbers in this instance, I’ll start with “1”.
" ... shall not be infringed."
The way I understand it you can buy replacement subassemblies or individual parts to repair your gun but the lower receiver is considered to be the legal base of the gun hence the higher cost of lowers.
Well, it is.
Ghostbusters had some kind of Any Other Weapon...
“It’s legal because...”
Its legal. End of story.
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