Posted on 12/11/2020 11:09:43 AM PST by Enlightened1
Federal agents on Thursday raided one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ghost-gun parts, a sign that federal law enforcement is cracking down on kits that allow people to make weapons at home.
The raid target, Nevada-based Polymer80, is suspected of illegally manufacturing and distributing firearms, failing to pay taxes, shipping guns across state lines and failing to conduct background investigations, according to an application for a search warrant unsealed Thursday after the raid took place.
The probe focuses on Polymer80’s “Buy Build Shoot Kit,” which includes the parts to build a “ghost” handgun. The kit, which Polymer80 sells online, meets the definition of a firearm, ATF investigators determined according to the warrant application. That means it would have to be stamped with a serial number and couldn’t be sold to consumers who haven’t first passed a background check.
Polymer80 chief executive David Borges didn’t return phone calls or texts seeking comment Thursday evening.
Agents seized records and other evidence in Thursday’s raid in Dayton, close to Carson City, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said. No Polymer80 employees were arrested and no charges have been filed.
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They just took records.
It’s all about The taxes.
I haven’t bought one but now I feel disenfranchised from buying one. Where can I buy one where there is NO records?
Its about the control
Scrap all agencies, start from scratch with only 1. An intelligence agency. Let locals hire their own police otherwise.
That and intimidation. Sends a message to others what will happen in the future.
I hate these mfers.
Looks like overpriced crap, no a crime..
https://www.polymer80.com/P80-Buy-Build-Shoot-kit-PF940C-10-Round-Magazine_2
With everything going on...SMH
Having to finish machining the receiver does NOT meet that definition no matter how much the ATF wants it to.
And if you think this is stupid... Just wait until Kamala is calling the shots...
They want names to add to their list.
Sounds like she already is.
Bastard thugs
Trump has been no friend of the 2nd amendment.
Why don’t the “Federal agents” go after the real dangerous big fish criminals in D.C. They’re the kingpins of criminal corruption!
I’m much more concerned about the criminals in D.C. than some little company working to make a buck.
get a 3D printer or buy one off the streets
crazy. the kits do not meet the definition of firearms and atf agents are not so stupid as to lack this simple knowledge
there must be something else going on?
Less bad than Bush was... Or even Reagan. And a damn sight better than Joe and the Ho will be...
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