Davandron
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I stand corrected on one of my statements; there is a court opinion finding that something which can be readily assembled is the same as assembled.
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170
In that case, an individual possessed one lower receiver, and two uppers, one of which was a short-barrel. The jury agreed with the government that there was no way to use the short upper except as a short-barreled rifle.
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170
In that case, an individual possessed one lower receiver, and two uppers, one of which was a short-barrel. The jury agreed with the government that there was no way to use the short upper except as a short-barreled rifle.
We recognize that Kent argues he had the short-barreled upper receiver unit to use for its parts. However, the Government introduced sufficient evidence to raise an issue for the jury about whether Kent's intent was to use the short-barreled upper receiver unit only for parts or to use the short- barreled upper receiver unit with the lower receiver unit as an AR-15 rifle...In addition, there was no other lower receiver unit found in Kent's apartment to which the short-barreled upper receiver unit could be attached and used to create a legal weapon for purposes of the NFA. Moreover, Kent has never contended that there was a pistol grip or any other piece that he could use to make a legal weapon from this short- barreled upper receiver unit.