Those who think they may become more valuable because they will become contraband should have a backup plan, because we do not know what the future holds.
This line of thinking is what leads to things like the BATF and conversations like this. Trusting the government to show some sort of benevolence is naive at best and willfully blind at worst.so I am only cheating myself by not paying this tax.
Correct. The CA self-assembled firearm laws (ghost gun laws, if you will) are an attempt to insure they can trace homebuilds to the manufacturer
The CA UBC laws are an attempt to insure they can trace any firearm (self-assembled or not) to the current owner.
As pointed out, firearms
The original question was whether people were buying "ghost guns" ahead of a proposed ban. Use of a term applied to frighten people soon drew fire, and it was not long before we were wrestling with terminology issues, then the politics involved. I suspect we know what the subject of attention is and the question remains, are you speculating in this product or not? Hard pass here.
The original question was whether people were buying "ghost guns" ahead of a proposed ban. Use of a term applied to frighten people soon drew fire, and it was not long before we were wrestling with terminology issues, then the politics involved. I suspect we know what the subject of attention is and the question remains, are you speculating in this product or not? Hard pass here.
To the topic at hand: by my definition a pre-68 gun isn't a ghost gun because it's the product of a gunmaker and is legally a firearm as originally put on the market. You can't simply drop it in the mail and send to across the country to Joe Blow
Pretty much; just like 'Saturday Night Special' and 'Assault Weapon' (not to be confused with assault rifle).What the heck is a ghost gun? Isn’t that the leftists’ made up term?
This is only true since the passage of the 1968 Gun Control Act. Prior to that you could mail order any gun from such places as the Sears or JC Penny catalogs and have them sent directly to your home through the USPS.
Does CA prohibit the sale or importation of unserialized 80% lowers, or does it merely prohibit building an unserialized gun from one?
Does CA prohibit the sale or importation of unserialized 80% lowers, or does it merely prohibit building an unserialized gun from one?
Currently, CA law it's ok to buy an unserialized 80% but you can't finish it with out applying for a state issued S/N and jumping through those hoops
But counties, such as San Diego for example, are working on prohibiting unserialized 80%
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrol...ego-council-poised-to-ban-80-receivers-n48338
If you’re referring to an AR lower that may well be true, but when I built my 100% functional Glock 22 clone from a Polymer80 lower it took me 15 minutes using a cordless drill, pocket knife and Dremel. I could have done it without the Dremel using a rat-tailed file but it would have added 15 minutes . Add another 10 minutes to install a Glock parts kit and the 10 seconds or so to mount the slide assembly and the end result is that I built a 100% functional handgun using components I purchased entirely online. The lower and parts kit came from Rockey Brass and the slide/barrel were used Glock factory units bought as a complete set on eBay. This was in late 2019 before all the craziness hit so my total cost was only around $320.Aside from all the terminology and legal discussion, consider this. I watched a video on completing one of those 80% receivers, it ain’t easy. If you think you’re going finish it off in your garage, think again. You really need to be an experienced machinist and have some very expensive and technical equipment.
I wonder how many have been ruined tossed aside.
Barring those states which now require an FFL, of course. And, most of those are New Laws and have not been actually tested yet.As it stands now, a firearm can legally switch owners without either needing a record of sale or transfer of possession.