Posted on 03/10/2014 8:59:22 AM PDT by marktwain
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided EP Armory, in Bakersfield, California Friday, along with owner Chris Cook's home. Details at this point are still very thin, but Cook says that agents indicated that they are looking for "illegal guns." From ABC 23 News:
The ATF was not able to provide information on the on-going investigation. Grahm Barlowe with the ATF declined to comment on why the store was targeted or exactly what agents were looking for.
Cook said agents told him they were looking for illegal firearms.
EP Armory is known mostly for its innovative "80% complete" AR-15 receivers. Such receivers, by virtue of still needing some machining in order to serve as the foundation of a firearm, are, legally speaking, just an inert hunk of metal--or in this case, strong (Kevlar-reinforced) polymer. That means they can be legally sold to anyone, without background checks, without the necessity of a serial number, without a requirement for records--almost as if there were a Constitutional amendment stating that by the absolute law of the land, we the people have a right to arms--a right that shall not be infringed.
One of the innovative features of EP Armory's receivers is that the machining can be done without a drill press or milling machine, or even a jig. By using different color polymers for the portions that are to be milled away, a drill and a Dremel can be all that is needed to convert a hunk of plastic into Congressman Henry Waxman's (D-CA) nightmare (see sidebar video for the process).
It should be noted that the BATFE arrested no one, and in fact eventually permitted EP Armory to re-open later Friday, although they confiscated Cook's files, laptop, cell phone
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Did they find any Fast & Furious guns?
They are harassing legitimate owners, hoping to put them out of business, or to find some technical infraction and roast their a$$e$.
You posted that like it was true.
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This, down the road, if needed. But mainly they wanted to intimidate any possible future buyers with the idea of putting EP Armory out of business and to scare off any other potential 80% manufacturers.
Nope. Please see post #18.
Somewhere between being an ingot of metal and becoming a finished receiver ready for an upper, the object goes from being a lump to being 'the gun'. ATF has ruled that "more than 80% finished" is when that magical transformation occurs. What constitutes 80% finished is whatever ATF says it is.
Let's constructively knock down falsehoods as they are posted.
The facts are an 80% receiver needs the fire control pocket to be milled out and the trigger, hammer, and selector cross holes to be drilled.
“... The “80% complete” just means the trigger assembly
and magazine components are not installed. ...”
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Your statement is pure bullshit.
Are you part of the disinformation campaign?
ATF actually does some great work prosecuting habitual firearm offenders among thr gangbangers and drug trafficers....applying stiffer federal penalties with superior expertise in federal courts. What we read about are egregious exceptions to that rule. But it takes a firm administrative hand to restrain the quasi-indepent jurisdiction prone to such nonsensical, agenda-driven persecutions. We don’t have that now. In fact, these rogues are rewarded for their efforts....made a model for others to follow. Purges proceed as needed.
The rot starts at the top. One jurisdiction at a time. One judge at a time. One coven of media owners.... to cheer them on....at a time.
So, I don’t think anything is totally lost. There’s just a lot of nascent malignancy to be excised by a president who treasures liberty in his or her
heart....and uses authority to appoint righteous lieutenants...and a legislature amenable to doing the right thing. It can happen.
I'm guessing this was a trial raid to see what information could be gleaned.
We are often remind that the Second Amendment is to protect us from tyranny. But it isn’t so.
I wouldn't want to dance around that fine line, especially in California. Sounds like it could be very subjective, and the only thing between you and being arrested could be whether or not an agent is having a bad day or ignorance.
Well, I’m sure gonna order a couple now ...
We have too many pond pirates with badges in America.
Almost every product they have is sold out. Thank you, ATF, for finally doing a good deed!
Fair enough. Too much incorrect opinion/hearsay is posted to bang_list topics as though it was solid info.
> The lower receiver on an AR is legally considered to be ‘the gun’ and requires a serial number,
Actually, the only part of any firearm that is actually considered to be a gun is the part with the serial number. Everything else, including the barrel, is just machine parts.
kerping ... ain’t the Internet grand?
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