Judge Rules: 2A Protects Our Right to Homemade Guns

AmmoLand ^ | September 27, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Judges are using the "commercial sales" loophole to justify infringements on the Second Amendment.

[Graybeard58]

I’d be afraid to test fire any gun I made.

[entropy12]

Before you pull the trigger, point the gun away from you, hold it in extended hand, wear a good helmet and if possible wear a bullet proof vest.

[marktwain]

I always made a jig to hold the gun, then a long string from behind cover.

Then inspect the gun to see if there was any damage or deformation.

[mylife]

thems the facts.

[fretzer]

eye protection.

[Delta 21]

Have a little faith, baby.

[TigersEye]

I like your suggestion better. I like my hands about as much as any of my body parts.

[Fireone]

Most kids in 6th grade knew how to make a zip gun out of a car antenna, when I was young. Ready to fire .22, shorts were preferred, but would also chamber LR.

[Organic Panic]

Remember old cameras that had the air bulb actuator? That’s how to do it.

[NFHale]

I grew up in North Philly.

Zip guns were a way of life From the time I was 14 years old.And no matter how hard they try, they can’t outlaw knowledge.

Good on this judge.

[bunkerhill7]

Us`n country boys got a present one year when a 14 year old Bronx ganger was sent to live with his aunt here. First thing he did in English class was to set off a firecracker near his fingers. Our teacher was nice and just asked him if his hand was ok. This shocked the ganger. The next day he taught us all how to make zip guns. It was the best education I ever got.

[Ken Regis]

I’ll look again but I don’t remember the 2A part about serial numbers, manufacturers, or licensing.

[progunner]

Ever hear of a Ransom Rest?

[marktwain]

I’ll look again but I don’t remember the 2A part about serial numbers, manufacturers, or licensing.

I haven't seen any references to government requirements for those until after WWI, long after the Second Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment were ratified.

[Secret Agent Man]

Before companies in America built guns, individuals who knew metallurgy, built their own guns.

[marktwain]

True, and they often purchased parts for guns from other people.

Sometimes someone made the stock, another the barrel, another the lock.

Hence the phrase: Lock, Stock, and barrel... to mean complete, all that was required.

[gundog]

What are you guys building that might explode? Well designed weapons have built in safety features. Headspace gauges allow you check if you’re within those safe tolerances.

[Secret Agent Man]

Good points.

[entropy12]

I was trying to be funny. I guess I will keep my day job.