@@mtnbkr5478 It's called "malicious compliance". "Oh... I need a permit to have a garage sale? OK, here ya go - I'm gonna be having a garage sale every day for the next year - Here's my paperwork for today, here's my paperwork for tomorrow, here's my paperwork for the 12th of July, here's my paperwork for..." until they're drowning in a sea of paperwork, get fed up with trying to process it, and strike the stupid rule. (My mom and a few of her friends accomplished EXACTLY that, in exactly that way, back in the mid-70s, when our town decided that people having garage sales needed a permit so that the town could collect a piece of the action. They ended up having to hire 4 full-time "garage sale permit clerks" to try to process the tsunami of applications for a permit to hold a garage sale, and by the time they dumped the idea in the crapper (where it belonged from the start) they figured out that it was costing the town, on average, $400 more than the price of the permit just to pay the people who had to process the paperwork required to get the permit - and that didn't even consider the budget-hit from the extra cop they had to hire in a vain attempt to try to enforce it)
You are correct, it was never about unfinished frames and receivers, it was about establishing a national registry to permit future confiscations. This should have been obvious when the stated reason for the rule change, the alleged ambiguity of the 2 piece AR receiver, and instead went for broad definitions, which people forget includes unfinished suppressor parts. I aay this because at one time I considered building a legal Uzi, that is a semiautomatic version from an Israeli parts kit, and that often involved welding a barrel extension to the barrel to make it not an SBR! Anyway, the other became clear when they prosecuted Matt Hoover and the owner of Auto Key Cards which they designate as machine guns. The image on the key card was not actual and the only person to complete one that worked was an ATF technician with vast experience. So they set precedence as 8 hours of work in a fully equipped machine shop to be "readily convertable"! We also saw arguments by the US Solicitor General over cases that indicated the same.
@@garywillis9528 UR SOO RIGHT THEY JUS SLIDE THESE 🐂💩 SUB SEcTIONS AND cOMPLETELY IGNORE THE TRUE WORD OF OUR "cONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT'S" *"WITHOUT INFRINGEMENT!!" PERIOD!!
I still can't believe they actually got that conviction, that a drawing is a machinegun. I've also been wondering what the threshold is for readily converted. If it's 8 hours in an equipped shop, one wonders how long it takes a DD home table-top CNC machine to carve an AR lower out of a block of aluminum. How about if the code is written to slow the process to 8.1 hours, is that okay, but if you set it to 7.9, then it's felony time?
@@aquariumdude7829Even a majority voting for something doesn't mean it's Constitutional or acceptable in any way. That's IF you believe half of the votes for the Hamas party are even alive, voting of their own free will, and actual American citizens.
@pcalna3202 Dude, you are free to believe whatever you like, but the fact is winning or losing elections is the ONLY thing that matters. Unless you win some real elections and win often, it is going to be impossible to move your agenda forward. That is the reality.
Even if that single hole is drilled into an unfinished receiver to push for the receiver to accept a full auto position in definition, that hole does not constitute the receivers ability to act as a full auto weapon. More parts are required to complete the process such as the proper Bolt Carrier Group (BCG) and a SEAR (which requires an Automatic weapons license to purchase or possess) used to accept the full auto position of both the BCG and the safety selector. In the U.S. Army I was a (45B-10) Small Arms and Towed Artillery repairman. I worked with Armorers and repaired such weapons daily. Hope this helps with educating everyone and may help serve as important information in any demonstration authority.
Also the built-in "blocking bars" in the teigger pocket would have to be milled out, which is no small feat even with a router and end mill because the buffer tower is in the way.
That's only if you are building with the select fire mechanism. If you machine or file a flat spot on top of the bolt, you can literally use a soda can tab and a coat hanger, or even just some wire to make it full auto only. Which by definition is a machine gun. Look up the term drop in auto sear.
My friend.... they've been doing exactly that for quite a while now. (Only now they might be able to stretch and bend the definition far enough that they could possibly be by law correct).
Bill, it was great meeting you at GOA’s G.O.A.L.S. conference last weekend. I’m the retired sailor you spoke with. Of the panelists I was able to speak with, you were the best by far. You were always available to your subscribers and always gracious. If you’re ever in Atlanta, beer’s on me!
Take the trigger assembly out of the equation and affix the bolt to the firing pin, and you can turn almost any semi-auto weapon into a slam firing machine gun. You actually have to design around that function in order to add a trigger or introduce a sear.
A practical definition (as opposed to a legal or industry definition) of the mechanics of a semi-auto is an automatic mechanism which has been equipped with some sort of interrupter or disconnector. As ShaggyRogers1 alluded, it's harder to make a semi design than a full auto design. Like I tell those who want to ban all guns, the easiest repeater to make from scratch is a 9mm submachine gun.
So many people think the same way. It starts with background checks. People say, "im not a criminal, it doesn't effect me." Then their crazy ex calls the police, shows a scratch on her neck, says you did it. Then they lose their guns and say, "this isn't fair, how did this happen?" That's what happens with every infringement. People say it doesn't effect them, so they don't care. Then it always surprises them when they are effected..
This is exactly why I've yet to dip my toe into buying an AR. Good grief ... and a local FFL is advertising, just today, a 3-pack of stripped lowers! Keep up the good work! I find your videos very informative!
Check out Dan O'Kellys take on frames and receivers. According to the legal definition an AR style rifle doesn't have a complete receiver until the upper and lower are put together.
I’ll bet Will’s 80’ers are flawless. He is a perfectionist 😂 Only the ATF could equate decomposed granite road-base into a finished Capitol Building of Colorado
Please come and try to take anything I bought legally. If I'm a felon anyway I have nothing to loose. I have built ARs from stripped receivers. Without some machine tools, converting that to a full auto receiver is not readily doable. Incidentally, that means that any block of metal is a machine gun, which is total bs.
@@user-iy6de7qi1r I like collecting the plastic bags we are forced to buy, and turn them into 8x5x2 plastic yard blocks really pretty and ready for milling, low decay yARD ART,
"Readily convertible?" "Here, you do it, show me". I'm a machinist by trade, does that chunk of aluminum or steel qualify? I guess I own "airplane engines and trucks" because I've got a ton of various metals in my machine shop. I should be a millionaire!
Almost forgot. They sure get a lot of mileage out of the phrase "shall not be infringed" clear as day and twice as bright. but somehow they just cant wrap thier little pea brains around the fact that they have no authority to do what they are attempting.
@@aquariumdude7829but they dont have any authority there just doing it cause they can get away with it the citizens need to stand up together and demand there rights and get of the tyrants by force
@@Macdonald-we4gx Dude, how many times do you have to hear this? It isn't just the "tyrants." It is the very large number of people who are voting for them and want all this to continue.
@Macdonald-we4gx Dude, the "force" crap is simply not going to happen. This is the real world. Not the high school cafeteria. Nobody is going to shoot it out with the cops over this. We are adults here. Not a bunch of kids. Nobody wants to go to prison for life.
I keep saying readily has to be defined. Drilling a hole is not readily. A Glock is readily but you have to have the magic part. Locking roller h&k rifles and aug are readily convertible with the right parts.
It sounds to me, and I readily admit that the sum total of my legal training is as a sea lawyer during my Navy years, that since the court has already ruled that arms in common use cannot be banned, then this argument can be turned around and used as a way to strike down the machinegun portion of the NFA since machine guns would then become "in common use".
A Supreme Court with a majority of Democrat-appointed justices could overrule that precedent in a heartbeat. A President Harris could pack the court or wait for Justices Thomas and Alito to die/retire. The Second Amendment could be gutted in less than 4 years.
I wouldn’t even give them that. Readily converted should mean that no part needs to be physically altered in any way. The necessary parts would just need to be swapped in to replace the semi automatic parts. If anything needs drilled, fitted, etc then it should not be considered readily convertible.
We need language that abolishes the ATF and any future attempts to start unelected federal agencies like it. No amount of language is going to make them stop trying to take your guns. It's their sole purpose.
@@stevene6482Agreed. Readily convertible should be the same as installing an aftermarket trigger. If it's just a part you can remove and replace with a different part that's readily convertible. If it requires you to actually make physical changes to individual parts and components beyond just switching them out for different parts and components that is not readily convertible.
@@stevene6482: "Readily-convertible" originated with the .30 Caliber M1 Carbine, which could be "readily converted" to Selective-Fire by simple substitution of parts from the M2 Carbine. No modifications whatsoever required; just substitutions and additions (won't go into details here). With that established, the BATF ... now, BATFE ... has gone overboard in claiming *all* Semi-Automatic-ONLY firearms to be "Readily-convertible."
Absolutely NOT a single hole, two holes, a wider FCG pocket, the parts for such pocket, and perhaps a different bolt. It's not as simple as "hey bubba, get me a drill!"
Weighing in here. Yeah, one hole being drilled can 'convert' an AR-15 into a machine gun. But you'd better be a REALLY good Machinist, with a VERY accurate and precise milling machine to do it! Then ya gotta make or purchase a few other parts to complete the job.
So, in summary: No, just drilling a hole is not enough to make it a machine gun. The hole is to accommodate the parts required to make it a machine gun. Furthermore, most of the semi-auto fire control groups lack the features required to work with the parts that make an AR-15 capable of select fire. So, considering that anyone who has bought a complete semi-auto AR-15 off the shelf not only has to modify it with precision tooling, they also have to acquire regulated parts that are not readily available, these guns are not "readily converted" to full auto. This hypothetical rule is a huge stretch (like all the other rules) and is just another way to scare AR-15 owners into doing something stupid like sending in amnesty request forms or asking permission to own their own property.
The NFA is rapidly becoming inconsequential, and the ATF has become more of a burden than a benefit to The People. It's only a matter of time before legislators have to listen to the harm being done to citizens.
I believe this is the exact reason why the ATF is just kinda going through the motions except on the 80% rule. Because if they can get their way with that they can achieve 99% of their goal.
Any a cautionary observation, Colorado's new ghost gun statute takes things even further. The way I read it, ANY "gun part" made by an individual would get you into trouble. It does not seem to cover only frames/receivers. Make a pistol grips or stock and score a fime and misdemeanor.
11:00 The receiver must also be milled precisely to accommodate an automatic sear. Not necessarily an easy task. And good luck getting your hands on an automatic sear.
Making an auto-sear that will "do the job" (even if it might need to be replaced frequently) is a matter of a few minutes with a pair of tin snips, an empty Campbell's Soup can, and some filing or sandpaper work to fine-tune it.
I call bullshit. There's a tool called "80%arms easy jig. And can be precisely milled VERY EASILY in minutes. The fire control parts are for sale every day. No background check or anything. Research bro. The lawyer here is actually genius. And it's true. An ar15 Is closer to a real machine gun than an 80% lower receiver is to a civilian version weapon 🫡🇺🇸🗽 and FREEDOM LOVES IT!!!!!!!!
I also have some metal scrap that I’m sure I could convert to a working firearm. Do they want me to put serial numbers and register that? Can I take a pile of pipe and pieces of metal to a gun buy back?
Back in '86 when the Firearms Owners"Protection"Act was passed, which further restricted machine gun ownership for"civilians"(peasants),we were warned that semiautos will almost certainly be next. And here we are!
I tried to tell the NRA that before Amdt.777 was illegally voted into FOPA'86. Their response was there were not enough machine gun owners for the ILA to "waste" their "capital" to oppose. I warned them against taking no actions would "come back to bite 'em in the ass." They weren't moved. After passage of the "Assault Weapons Ban of 1994", I called them back up and told them "While I won't say 'I told you so', I will say 'You heard it here *FIRST* '!"
Dear God, I am so sorry! I have watched MANY of your videos, and I just noticed (tough I saw it it previous it just didn't click) you have a triangle flag in a case! I am so sorry for whoever that represents. I value that soul, and am grateful for you willingness to continue to strive to protect our constitution!
This would apply to pistols like the Glock as well. Unless they view the dimensional differences in slide rail and slide rail channels as completely different when it comes to frames/receivers.
You meant to say you screwed up finishing that 80% lower so it was useless and threw it away, right? I mean what else could you do with a screwed-up piece of aluminum. That's why you bought the other lowers. cough cough, wink wink, nudge nudge
By definition a fire arm is that part holding cartridge when its fired--- the upper. Like a bolt gun , you dont register a tree. Was a set up from way back.drilling that Xtra hole has to be precisely done. THEN you need whole skew of oth. PARTS I DONT HAVE ONE .LIVE IN THE WRECK DUMCRET STATE ca.
For clarification, the only difference between a civilian semi-auto AR-15 receiver and a fully automatic milspec receiver is a single pin hole that could be drilled out at any point after the receiver is finished and in use. Manufacturers sometimes convert their AR-15 receivers to machine guns in this way. However, there are AR-15 designs on the market that can't be easily converted. In the early days of the AR-15s commercial life Colt was afraid of something like this and made receivers that are not convertible to machine guns. I can also think of several ways to render a receiver incapable of accepting the milspec auto parts that could be employed on receivers already in the wild The bigger concern from a legal standpoint, I would think, is the fact that it's already possible to convert most semi-auto AR-15s to machine guns by virtue of a drop-in auto sear such as the lightning link without any receiver modifications at all
my F150 isn't a F150 without tires. most things are not what they are until they are. a piece of furniture in the box isn't a coffee table. hey ATF stop pissing on our heads while telling us it is raining
7:12 - different guns have different ‘needs’ to become F/A. As an example AK’s/AR’s do need the third axis pin hole drilled on the receiver. On an average AK a slot must be drilled into the starboard side guide rail to mate a male/female gap for the sear. On AR’s, it’s a little more tricky. The area behind the disconnect must be milled out of the frame to accept F/A parts. On AR’s depending on manufacturer, Colt for example has a ’blocking’ bar to prevent F/A parts from insertion. That must be milled/dremeled out of the way. AK’s easy. AR’s not (at least on Colts). I believe on old school Bushmasters this was not a problem? Bottom line is - arm up. Stockpile. Convert anything and everything you need to survive the inevitable collapse. F/A included. Stay in the shadows. Remain behind ever blade of grass. It’s coming. History shows us this.
Most AR lowers also have blocking bars designed into the walls of the trigger pocket to narrow the pocket down on the selector swircjh are so an auto sear cannot be installed.
Yes, ATF has already opined adding the missing hole to an AR frame converts it to a machine gun and courts have accepted that. So clearly allowing that to be extended to include AR frames and billets whose possessors MIGHT someday drill the missing hole is a threat. That potential would also apply to semi auto AKs that are also just one drilled hole away from being a fully automatic AK. You could also add the speculative definition to just about any semi-auto weapon as simply altering the disconnector would in most caseds make it capable of (uncontrollable) full auto fire.
This is why we need great attorneys on our side and why elections are important due to the appointment of federal judges. It is outrageous to pick and choose language from different section of law to modify meaning, but we need the cases filed in sympathetic courts to combat the practice.
@@aquariumdude7829😂 nope elections are solving nothing the people need to stand up cause the democrats just cheat in the elections cause there like demons
Great explanation. There are AR-15 lower receivers out there that have the fire control pocket milled exactly like an M-16 lower receiver minus the auto sear hole. So for those receivers, drilling a hole for the auto sear is all you would need to convert to an M-16 by their definition..
Well, that cuts both ways. If all ARs are machine guns then, rather than being dangerous and unusual, machine guns are in common use for lawful purposes and should be removed from the NFA.
With the correct tools, a block of aluminum is readily convertible to a lower receiver so almost every machine shop in the US could be in possession of a weapon. The question becomes the definition of "readily" and how it applies to the average citizens that lack the special tools to do such a thing. In my opinion, readily should be considered tools that are in an average home. I don't think you finish a lower with a set of calipers, a drill and potentially a router.
The conversion is not as simple as "drilling a single hole" and is not all that needs to be done. The conversion requires at least three or four other parts. Parts that are not generally available to prevent this "simple" conversion.
The only "hard to get" part is the auto-sear itself. Everything - and I do mean *EVERYTHING* - else required can be had over-the-counter, with no questions asked. Until you drill that third hole, it's perfectly legal, and requires *NO* paperwork (unless you count the order form you fill out and send to the seller so they know what you want and where to ship it when the check clears) of any kind, to put *EVERYTHING* needed to be full-auto or burst mode EXCEPT the third hole and the auto-sear into your AR. Without that third hole and auto-sear, it is, and operates exactly like, any normal AR - one trigger pull, one bang. Everything but the auto-sear itself (and the hole you need to install it) is "just a part", and routinely gets sold as such. The total cost of the required parts (other than the auto-sear) to turn a "standard" AR into a three-round-burst capable weapon was, last time I looked, just under $40. For just a "full-auto", you don't need the burst cam, or the "follower"-equipped disconnector, so it costs even less. Buying the auto-sear requires proof that you've got the tax stamp, but the piece itself was listed as being available for under $10 from either of the two suppliers I found with a 10 second google search.
Not true. There are.AR-15 lowers with the fire control pocket milled just like an M-16. So for these lowers, the auto sear hole is all that’s required to convert to M-16 lower.
@@lour7753 The third hole is one fifth of the items/mods needed. The standard fire control group has been neutered by shortening the disconnector and grinding a part off the hammer that the auto sear grabs.. The trigger part also has a convenient boss to keep the longer disconnector from fitting and working. And a different type of safety is required. Not simple and not readily available. You don't want to be that guy buying the other special parts unless you are or work for a 7/2 FFL. I just hope my description won't catch attention from the you-know-whos.
@@lour7753 Again, not all are properly milled for the auto sear. A lot of manufacturers specifically narrow the rear part of the pocket to prevent conversion to avoid liability.
Automatic conversion takes about 45 minutes and a milling machine if I am doing a good job. If you do not have the tools, it would be either impossible or very difficult.
If a person has the right knowledge of exactly what new retail parts to purchase, unfortunately, yes, the "Drill one Hole" machine gun does exist. And that's not with either FRT, Lighting Link, or other gimmick.
You cannot just drill a single hole in an AR-15 lower receiver and turn it into a machinegun. The typical AR-15 lower receiver has "DENIAL BARS" built into the design of the trigger pocket that prevent installation of the necessary auto sear. This is why the trigger pocket walls have that weird shape in the back that narrow the trigger pocket at the position of the selector swirch instead of of just going straight back all the way to the takedown pin. One would have to mill out the "denial bars" -- no small trick, even with a router and an end mull, because of the proximity of the buffer tower to the area to be milled. These are NOT "readily convertible by just drilling a single hole.
That theory is ridiculous. So many things are readily convertible to an illegal state. Those that do it are breaking laws. Those items shouldn’t be held accountable, only the people.
The camel's nose, if readily converted is the criteria, how would the advent of 3D printers affect this interpretation. Would a spool of filament be covered?
This is ridiculous. The supreme Court has affirmed that the second amendment is a individual inalienable Right. This means the people have not I REPEAT NOT! GIVEN THE FEDERAL , STATE ,COUNTY , AGENCY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ANY POWER TO REGULATE OR PASS LAWS PERTAINING TO THIS RIGHT. If it's a individual inalienable Right it can not be taken away from the individual.
Does this track of thinking go down to the bag of soda and beer cans. They can be smelted down and poured into a mold or poured as an ingot that can be machined into a frame? Good luck trying that.
Wouldn't that make a case for machine guns to be in common use? And then not to be able to restrict them. All of these Infringements are based out of the NFA.
@Macdonald-we4gx Macdonald, at least of the people are voting for this and want it to continue. Many more simply don't care about guns at all. They have no interest in the gun rights versus gun control issue.
If it comes down to this, I would suggest we mill out our receivers at that exact spot where a hole can be drilled and mill it out in the shape of a triangle or something that disables the automatic. Function. After all, you cannot install a 1/8 inch pin into an area.That's been milled out into a one inch irregular shape like a Is triangle.
The idea that the ATF could broaden its interpretation to potentially ban AR-15 lower receivers is a slippery slope that could lead to widespread disarmament.
Under the ATF's extremely liberal interpretation of "readily convertible" to, well anything, a simple block of aluminum of a certain dimension can be "readily converted" to a machine-gun. It just becomes a matter of how much time and/or how much tooling you decide to throw into it. Do I NEED a CNC mill to "convert" an aluminum block to a receiver? No. With enough time and simple hand tools it COULD be done...but taking a LOT of time and a certain level of skill. The ATF, along with every other "alphabet" agency of the government needs to be reigned in.
Does that mean an aluminum can is a machine gun. "can readily be made" is subjective. All I have to do is melt down soda cans into a block, cut a straight billet, get a jig and drill it out to have a reciever, then add other parts. Like, its not THAT hard.............LOL
Here's the problem, first of all 80% receivers are nowhere close to being able to be readily altered to be a machine gun or a gun at all. And you cannot convert an AR-15 to an M16 merely by drilling a single hole. That is not possible.
But hang on, if they make the leap that AR15 lowers could be an unfinished machine gun lower, and unfinished frames/receivers constitute firearms, wouldn't it be really easy to make the argument that AR15s are machine guns? If they make that argument, then since AR15s are the most popular rifle in the US, then they are vastly in common use. There is already precedent that the government can't ban what is in common use.
So would this apply to every glock frame generic of original that could have a switch dropped in? Does this mean anyone with an ak and a metal coathanger guilty of conspiracy?
not just 1 hole but you need the disconnector a special hammer , special bolt carrier, special safety and a couple other parts that are next to impossible to find
You haven't looked vary hard, apparently. A quick google brought me up 2 sources (that I spent the time to look at) in less than 30 seconds. The only "special" part (requiring paperwork) is the actual auto-sear. Everything else can be had for under 40 bucks, shipped to your doorstep, with no questions asked. (And no, you don't need a special bolt carrier unless you've got one of the neutered "colt half-moon" cut BCGs.
Let's let them make that argument! Suddenly machine guns are in overwhelming common use
This is the way.
@@mtnbkr5478 It's called "malicious compliance". "Oh... I need a permit to have a garage sale? OK, here ya go - I'm gonna be having a garage sale every day for the next year - Here's my paperwork for today, here's my paperwork for tomorrow, here's my paperwork for the 12th of July, here's my paperwork for..." until they're drowning in a sea of paperwork, get fed up with trying to process it, and strike the stupid rule. (My mom and a few of her friends accomplished EXACTLY that, in exactly that way, back in the mid-70s, when our town decided that people having garage sales needed a permit so that the town could collect a piece of the action. They ended up having to hire 4 full-time "garage sale permit clerks" to try to process the tsunami of applications for a permit to hold a garage sale, and by the time they dumped the idea in the crapper (where it belonged from the start) they figured out that it was costing the town, on average, $400 more than the price of the permit just to pay the people who had to process the paperwork required to get the permit - and that didn't even consider the budget-hit from the extra cop they had to hire in a vain attempt to try to enforce it)
Excellent Point!
This is the way.
I was just thinking the same thing...
The ATF just needs to be disbanded, and all gun control laws vacated as unconstitutional infringements on our right to keep and bear arms.
Of course, none of that will happen in the real world.
Hey little boy , go on and shut the puck up . The dribble you spew has gotten old ! Move along junior bit boy !
@@aquariumdude7829This is not the real world. Do your research. All just a movie
Never going to happen.
@@JamesDavidson-yq6bm I see.
It's time to disband the ATF
Remember what happened to Regan when he tried?
Dissolve. I like dissolve better.
Won't happen.
@@stevep7346 I kinda like "set on fire"
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 Historically, that's kind of their move.
You are correct, it was never about unfinished frames and receivers, it was about establishing a national registry to permit future confiscations. This should have been obvious when the stated reason for the rule change, the alleged ambiguity of the 2 piece AR receiver, and instead went for broad definitions, which people forget includes unfinished suppressor parts. I aay this because at one time I considered building a legal Uzi, that is a semiautomatic version from an Israeli parts kit, and that often involved welding a barrel extension to the barrel to make it not an SBR! Anyway, the other became clear when they prosecuted Matt Hoover and the owner of Auto Key Cards which they designate as machine guns. The image on the key card was not actual and the only person to complete one that worked was an ATF technician with vast experience. So they set precedence as 8 hours of work in a fully equipped machine shop to be "readily convertable"! We also saw arguments by the US Solicitor General over cases that indicated the same.
Lmao you should see what kind of insane projects people are doing with 3d printers.
Registry is unconstitutional
@@garywillis9528 UR SOO RIGHT THEY JUS SLIDE THESE 🐂💩 SUB SEcTIONS AND cOMPLETELY IGNORE THE TRUE WORD OF OUR "cONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT'S"
*"WITHOUT INFRINGEMENT!!" PERIOD!!
I still can't believe they actually got that conviction, that a drawing is a machinegun. I've also been wondering what the threshold is for readily converted. If it's 8 hours in an equipped shop, one wonders how long it takes a DD home table-top CNC machine to carve an AR lower out of a block of aluminum. How about if the code is written to slow the process to 8.1 hours, is that okay, but if you set it to 7.9, then it's felony time?
At what point does the frog start to realize that the "hot tub" is getting too warm?
The trouble is at least half of the "frogs" are voting for this and even want more.
@@aquariumdude7829Even a majority voting for something doesn't mean it's Constitutional or acceptable in any way. That's IF you believe half of the votes for the Hamas party are even alive, voting of their own free will, and actual American citizens.
A frog you are ? Yeah thought so .
@pcalna3202 Dude, you are free to believe whatever you like, but the fact is winning or losing elections is the ONLY thing that matters. Unless you win some real elections and win often, it is going to be impossible to move your agenda forward. That is the reality.
The frog doesnt when its been lobotomized by propaganda and suppression of free speech
The flip side of this opinion is that fully auto firearms would suddenly be in common use.
Which we just saw in United States v. Morgan.
Even counting just the MGs on the registry, they should already be common use
Even if that single hole is drilled into an unfinished receiver to push for the receiver to accept a full auto position in definition, that hole does not constitute the receivers ability to act as a full auto weapon. More parts are required to complete the process such as the proper Bolt Carrier Group (BCG) and a SEAR (which requires an Automatic weapons license to purchase or possess) used to accept the full auto position of both the BCG and the safety selector. In the U.S. Army I was a (45B-10) Small Arms and Towed Artillery repairman. I worked with Armorers and repaired such weapons daily. Hope this helps with educating everyone and may help serve as important information in any demonstration authority.
Also the built-in "blocking bars" in the teigger pocket would have to be milled out, which is no small feat even with a router and end mill because the buffer tower is in the way.
That's only if you are building with the select fire mechanism. If you machine or file a flat spot on top of the bolt, you can literally use a soda can tab and a coat hanger, or even just some wire to make it full auto only. Which by definition is a machine gun. Look up the term drop in auto sear.
So they're just gonna call every AR-15 a machinegun and try to take them that way, huh? Good luck.
Yeah. They make them illegal first. No more sales, etc for few years.
My friend.... they've been doing exactly that for quite a while now. (Only now they might be able to stretch and bend the definition far enough that they could possibly be by law correct).
Well, my mind is a machine gun. Now I'm banned to think.
They have already done that in a number of blue states. Are you blind?
I mean, IF they're going to call it one, might as well remove all doubt.
Thank you for telling it like it is concisely.
Bill, it was great meeting you at GOA’s G.O.A.L.S. conference last weekend. I’m the retired sailor you spoke with.
Of the panelists I was able to speak with, you were the best by far. You were always available to your subscribers and always gracious. If you’re ever in Atlanta, beer’s on me!
The 'readily converted' language can be used on any semi auto gun if they really wanted to. Surprised they have not gone there yet actually.
Chicago is.
Glocks.
Take the trigger assembly out of the equation and affix the bolt to the firing pin, and you can turn almost any semi-auto weapon into a slam firing machine gun. You actually have to design around that function in order to add a trigger or introduce a sear.
@@ShaggyRogers1bolt released = mag dumped 😂
A practical definition (as opposed to a legal or industry definition) of the mechanics of a semi-auto is an automatic mechanism which has been equipped with some sort of interrupter or disconnector. As ShaggyRogers1 alluded, it's harder to make a semi design than a full auto design. Like I tell those who want to ban all guns, the easiest repeater to make from scratch is a 9mm submachine gun.
@@faryldaryl3975 The U.S. Grease Gun is a perfect example of a MG that could be whipped up in almost any handy guy's garage.
So many people think the same way. It starts with background checks. People say, "im not a criminal, it doesn't effect me." Then their crazy ex calls the police, shows a scratch on her neck, says you did it. Then they lose their guns and say, "this isn't fair, how did this happen?" That's what happens with every infringement. People say it doesn't effect them, so they don't care. Then it always surprises them when they are effected..
Anyone can file a civil suit and say you hit them. No proof needed. The police will come to your door to collect your guns before your day I'm court.
Great information William, love the detail in your videos, thank you.
This is exactly why I've yet to dip my toe into buying an AR. Good grief ... and a local FFL is advertising, just today, a 3-pack of stripped lowers! Keep up the good work! I find your videos very informative!
Check out Dan O'Kellys take on frames and receivers. According to the legal definition an AR style rifle doesn't have a complete receiver until the upper and lower are put together.
Same thing can be said for Glocks. An hour or less with a common 3d printer can make it full auto.
I’ll bet Will’s 80’ers are flawless. He is a perfectionist 😂
Only the ATF could equate decomposed granite road-base into a finished Capitol Building of Colorado
I have and more than 1! I’m a retired gunsmith and built them for fun and to keep my skills up.
Please come and try to take anything I bought legally. If I'm a felon anyway I have nothing to loose. I have built ARs from stripped receivers. Without some machine tools, converting that to a full auto receiver is not readily doable. Incidentally, that means that any block of metal is a machine gun, which is total bs.
I've been a machinist for better than fifty years, People like me design and manufacture everything that everyone needs.
@@user-iy6de7qi1r I like collecting the plastic bags we are forced to buy, and turn them into 8x5x2 plastic yard blocks really pretty and ready for milling, low decay yARD ART,
"Readily convertible?" "Here, you do it, show me". I'm a machinist by trade, does that chunk of aluminum or steel qualify? I guess I own "airplane engines and trucks" because I've got a ton of various metals in my machine shop. I should be a millionaire!
Those are unrealized gains, ya know
Almost forgot. They sure get a lot of mileage out of the phrase "shall not be infringed" clear as day and twice as bright. but somehow they just cant wrap thier little pea brains around the fact that they have no authority to do what they are attempting.
Apparently, they do. They were created by our elected representatives.
@@aquariumdude7829but they dont have any authority there just doing it cause they can get away with it the citizens need to stand up together and demand there rights and get of the tyrants by force
@@Macdonald-we4gx Dude, how many times do you have to hear this? It isn't just the "tyrants." It is the very large number of people who are voting for them and want all this to continue.
@Macdonald-we4gx Dude, the "force" crap is simply not going to happen. This is the real world. Not the high school cafeteria. Nobody is going to shoot it out with the cops over this. We are adults here. Not a bunch of kids. Nobody wants to go to prison for life.
@@Macdonald-we4gx Mac, just stop already.
I keep saying readily has to be defined. Drilling a hole is not readily. A Glock is readily but you have to have the magic part. Locking roller h&k rifles and aug are readily convertible with the right parts.
It sounds to me, and I readily admit that the sum total of my legal training is as a sea lawyer during my Navy years, that since the court has already ruled that arms in common use cannot be banned, then this argument can be turned around and used as a way to strike down the machinegun portion of the NFA since machine guns would then become "in common use".
A Supreme Court with a majority of Democrat-appointed justices could overrule that precedent in a heartbeat. A President Harris could pack the court or wait for Justices Thomas and Alito to die/retire. The Second Amendment could be gutted in less than 4 years.
William, I thank you for going down this path of reasoning which gives me something strongly to think about!!!
We need to include language that says readily converted means something done in under one minute.
I wouldn’t even give them that. Readily converted should mean that no part needs to be physically altered in any way. The necessary parts would just need to be swapped in to replace the semi automatic parts. If anything needs drilled, fitted, etc then it should not be considered readily convertible.
We need language that abolishes the ATF and any future attempts to start unelected federal agencies like it. No amount of language is going to make them stop trying to take your guns. It's their sole purpose.
@@stevene6482Agreed. Readily convertible should be the same as installing an aftermarket trigger. If it's just a part you can remove and replace with a different part that's readily convertible.
If it requires you to actually make physical changes to individual parts and components beyond just switching them out for different parts and components that is not readily convertible.
@@stevene6482:
"Readily-convertible" originated with the .30 Caliber M1 Carbine, which could be "readily converted" to Selective-Fire by simple substitution of parts from the M2 Carbine. No modifications whatsoever required; just substitutions and additions (won't go into details here). With that established, the BATF ... now, BATFE ... has gone overboard in claiming *all* Semi-Automatic-ONLY firearms to be "Readily-convertible."
@@johnjohnsn7633 thanks for the info
Absolutely NOT a single hole, two holes, a wider FCG pocket, the parts for such pocket, and perhaps a different bolt. It's not as simple as "hey bubba, get me a drill!"
Weighing in here.
Yeah, one hole being drilled can 'convert' an AR-15 into a machine gun. But you'd better be a REALLY good Machinist, with a VERY accurate and precise milling machine to do it! Then ya gotta make or purchase a few other parts to complete the job.
So, in summary: No, just drilling a hole is not enough to make it a machine gun. The hole is to accommodate the parts required to make it a machine gun. Furthermore, most of the semi-auto fire control groups lack the features required to work with the parts that make an AR-15 capable of select fire. So, considering that anyone who has bought a complete semi-auto AR-15 off the shelf not only has to modify it with precision tooling, they also have to acquire regulated parts that are not readily available, these guns are not "readily converted" to full auto. This hypothetical rule is a huge stretch (like all the other rules) and is just another way to scare AR-15 owners into doing something stupid like sending in amnesty request forms or asking permission to own their own property.
Thanks
Appreciate your insight in this matter!
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The NFA is rapidly becoming inconsequential, and the ATF has become more of a burden than a benefit to The People. It's only a matter of time before legislators have to listen to the harm being done to citizens.
I believe this is the exact reason why the ATF is just kinda going through the motions except on the 80% rule. Because if they can get their way with that they can achieve 99% of their goal.
This would just mean they’re in common use and cannot be banned.
Any a cautionary observation, Colorado's new ghost gun statute takes things even further. The way I read it, ANY "gun part" made by an individual would get you into trouble. It does not seem to cover only frames/receivers. Make a pistol grips or stock and score a fime and misdemeanor.
The proper location of said hole is needed along with a shear pin and selector switch. I have not seen where these are readily available.
11:00 The receiver must also be milled precisely to accommodate an automatic sear. Not necessarily an easy task. And good luck getting your hands on an automatic sear.
Several places sell both A1 and A2 fcgs....
Making an auto-sear that will "do the job" (even if it might need to be replaced frequently) is a matter of a few minutes with a pair of tin snips, an empty Campbell's Soup can, and some filing or sandpaper work to fine-tune it.
I call bullshit. There's a tool called "80%arms easy jig. And can be precisely milled VERY EASILY in minutes. The fire control parts are for sale every day. No background check or anything. Research bro. The lawyer here is actually genius. And it's true. An ar15 Is closer to a real machine gun than an 80% lower receiver is to a civilian version weapon 🫡🇺🇸🗽 and FREEDOM LOVES IT!!!!!!!!
I also have some metal scrap that I’m sure I could convert to a working firearm. Do they want me to put serial numbers and register that? Can I take a pile of pipe and pieces of metal to a gun buy back?
Back in '86 when the Firearms Owners"Protection"Act was passed, which further restricted machine gun ownership for"civilians"(peasants),we were warned that semiautos will almost certainly be next. And here we are!
I tried to tell the NRA that before Amdt.777 was illegally voted into FOPA'86. Their response was there were not enough machine gun owners for the ILA to "waste" their "capital" to oppose. I warned them against taking no actions would "come back to bite 'em in the ass." They weren't moved. After passage of the "Assault Weapons Ban of 1994", I called them back up and told them "While I won't say 'I told you so', I will say 'You heard it here *FIRST* '!"
If only they targeted the REAL CRIMINALS. WE ARE NOT THE THREAT. WE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
Dear God, I am so sorry! I have watched MANY of your videos, and I just noticed (tough I saw it it previous it just didn't click) you have a triangle flag in a case! I am so sorry for whoever that represents. I value that soul, and am grateful for you willingness to continue to strive to protect our constitution!
This would apply to pistols like the Glock as well. Unless they view the dimensional differences in slide rail and slide rail channels as completely different when it comes to frames/receivers.
I finished an 80% ar a while back. Spent 75$ on it. I bought 6 completed ar lowers for 49$ each. Why did I spend the extra money on a 80%?
You meant to say you screwed up finishing that 80% lower so it was useless and threw it away, right? I mean what else could you do with a screwed-up piece of aluminum. That's why you bought the other lowers. cough cough, wink wink, nudge nudge
Got a Question.? How the Hell the Feds Gonna Know if I Own a Unserialized 80% Frame/ Lower/ whatever????
Somehow be unfortunate enough to get caught with one, or they might start kicking doors too that wouldn't surprise me.
If you purchased the 80% frame / lower they more than likely have the receipts (paper trail). I think we've seen this already.
From all the records the got from the sellers of 80% sellers
One of your friends or neighbors will rat you out for cash for tips.
@@aquariumdude7829then they need to be done away with bud
Tyrants
Yes, everybody is a "tyrant," including your boss and my brother's ex-wife! 😂
@@aquariumdude7829they want to disarm us for new world order and enslave us what do u not get about that
By definition a fire arm is that part holding cartridge when its fired--- the upper. Like a bolt gun , you dont register a tree. Was a set up from way back.drilling that Xtra hole has to be precisely done. THEN you need whole skew of oth. PARTS I DONT HAVE ONE .LIVE IN THE WRECK DUMCRET STATE ca.
I suppose you could make the case that a block of metal or plastic the size of 1 inch by 8 inches could be a machine gun even with no machining to it.
I could turn my car into a "machine gun" be scribing a copy of the "autokeycard" image on it.
Hey now that it's over you can make videos on it again.
Disband the ATF? Never going to happen. We need to live with it. Sucks…
Thank you. At least someone else here recognizes reality, unpleasant as that may be.
Armed Scholar = click bait.
I did go out and buy two new lowers today. Probably will never make one.
For clarification, the only difference between a civilian semi-auto AR-15 receiver and a fully automatic milspec receiver is a single pin hole that could be drilled out at any point after the receiver is finished and in use. Manufacturers sometimes convert their AR-15 receivers to machine guns in this way.
However, there are AR-15 designs on the market that can't be easily converted. In the early days of the AR-15s commercial life Colt was afraid of something like this and made receivers that are not convertible to machine guns. I can also think of several ways to render a receiver incapable of accepting the milspec auto parts that could be employed on receivers already in the wild
The bigger concern from a legal standpoint, I would think, is the fact that it's already possible to convert most semi-auto AR-15s to machine guns by virtue of a drop-in auto sear such as the lightning link without any receiver modifications at all
my F150 isn't a F150 without tires. most things are not what they are until they are. a piece of furniture in the box isn't a coffee table. hey ATF stop pissing on our heads while telling us it is raining
We don't talk about the 3rd hole
Hole? What hole? I don't see no stinkin hole.
You sound like my wife....
Is this a golf question?
@@keltingr2612 I’m going to leave this comment alone out of respect to you and your wife but I could’ve gone there…no not there.
@@aquariumdude7829 Yes Golf yep that’s it. The virtue’s of golf and how we should play golf with those new AW clubs
7:12 - different guns have different ‘needs’ to become F/A. As an example AK’s/AR’s do need the third axis pin hole drilled on the receiver. On an average AK a slot must be drilled into the starboard side guide rail to mate a male/female gap for the sear. On AR’s, it’s a little more tricky. The area behind the disconnect must be milled out of the frame to accept F/A parts. On AR’s depending on manufacturer, Colt for example has a ’blocking’ bar to prevent F/A parts from insertion. That must be milled/dremeled out of the way. AK’s easy. AR’s not (at least on Colts). I believe on old school Bushmasters this was not a problem?
Bottom line is - arm up. Stockpile. Convert anything and everything you need to survive the inevitable collapse. F/A included. Stay in the shadows. Remain behind ever blade of grass. It’s coming. History shows us this.
Most AR lowers also have blocking bars designed into the walls of the trigger pocket to narrow the pocket down on the selector swircjh are so an auto sear cannot be installed.
Yes, ATF has already opined adding the missing hole to an AR frame converts it to a machine gun and courts have accepted that. So clearly allowing that to be extended to include AR frames and billets whose possessors MIGHT someday drill the missing hole is a threat. That potential would also apply to semi auto AKs that are also just one drilled hole away from being a fully automatic AK. You could also add the speculative definition to just about any semi-auto weapon as simply altering the disconnector would in most caseds make it capable of (uncontrollable) full auto fire.
@19:00 castle conscription.
This situation is exactly why all should have an unregistered for their own safety
This is why we need great attorneys on our side and why elections are important due to the appointment of federal judges. It is outrageous to pick and choose language from different section of law to modify meaning, but we need the cases filed in sympathetic courts to combat the practice.
Agreed. Elections are everything. That's what we should focus on.
@@aquariumdude7829😂 nope elections are solving nothing the people need to stand up cause the democrats just cheat in the elections cause there like demons
That’s great! Then they would have no choice but to (rightfully) declare the NFA/GSA/HA unconstitutional.
Great explanation. There are AR-15 lower receivers out there that have the fire control pocket milled exactly like an M-16 lower receiver minus the auto sear hole. So for those receivers, drilling a hole for the auto sear is all you would need to convert to an M-16 by their definition..
You would still need the M-16 bcg and an auto sear.
Drilling that third hole is a precision operation. The tolerances for that auto sear to function properly are very close.
Well, that cuts both ways. If all ARs are machine guns then, rather than being dangerous and unusual, machine guns are in common use for lawful purposes and should be removed from the NFA.
Disband the ATF
Alcohol, Tabasco & firearms should not be regulated.
Neither should my Copenhagen…
Good luck 👍
With the correct tools, a block of aluminum is readily convertible to a lower receiver so almost every machine shop in the US could be in possession of a weapon. The question becomes the definition of "readily" and how it applies to the average citizens that lack the special tools to do such a thing. In my opinion, readily should be considered tools that are in an average home. I don't think you finish a lower with a set of calipers, a drill and potentially a router.
The conversion is not as simple as "drilling a single hole" and is not all that needs to be done. The conversion requires at least three or four other parts. Parts that are not generally available to prevent this "simple" conversion.
The only "hard to get" part is the auto-sear itself. Everything - and I do mean *EVERYTHING* - else required can be had over-the-counter, with no questions asked. Until you drill that third hole, it's perfectly legal, and requires *NO* paperwork (unless you count the order form you fill out and send to the seller so they know what you want and where to ship it when the check clears) of any kind, to put *EVERYTHING* needed to be full-auto or burst mode EXCEPT the third hole and the auto-sear into your AR. Without that third hole and auto-sear, it is, and operates exactly like, any normal AR - one trigger pull, one bang. Everything but the auto-sear itself (and the hole you need to install it) is "just a part", and routinely gets sold as such. The total cost of the required parts (other than the auto-sear) to turn a "standard" AR into a three-round-burst capable weapon was, last time I looked, just under $40. For just a "full-auto", you don't need the burst cam, or the "follower"-equipped disconnector, so it costs even less. Buying the auto-sear requires proof that you've got the tax stamp, but the piece itself was listed as being available for under $10 from either of the two suppliers I found with a 10 second google search.
Not true. There are.AR-15 lowers with the fire control pocket milled just like an M-16. So for these lowers, the auto sear hole is all that’s required to convert to M-16 lower.
@@lour7753 The third hole is one fifth of the items/mods needed. The standard fire control group has been neutered by shortening the disconnector and grinding a part off the hammer that the auto sear grabs.. The trigger part also has a convenient boss to keep the longer disconnector from fitting and working. And a different type of safety is required. Not simple and not readily available. You don't want to be that guy buying the other special parts unless you are or work for a 7/2 FFL. I just hope my description won't catch attention from the you-know-whos.
@@Ferd414 The auto sear is not a registered item. I believe you are thinking of the DIAS. That is serialized and had to be registered.
@@lour7753 Again, not all are properly milled for the auto sear. A lot of manufacturers specifically narrow the rear part of the pocket to prevent conversion to avoid liability.
Automatic conversion takes about 45 minutes and a milling machine if I am doing a good job. If you do not have the tools, it would be either impossible or very difficult.
First of all this will be stoped by the big court
That is what the anti gun people want you to believe so you will be complacent and not do anything like voting or supporting pro 2A gun groups .
They already know this and that is the long term plan
If a person has the right knowledge of exactly what new retail parts to purchase, unfortunately, yes, the "Drill one Hole" machine gun does exist. And that's not with either FRT, Lighting Link, or other gimmick.
@washingtongunlaw do a video on the Hoffman tactical Super Safety and the raid on Twinbros LLC.
Glad I live in a gun friendly state ) Our local police support the 2 A )
That's good! 😊
@@aquariumdude7829😂
You cannot just drill a single hole in an AR-15 lower receiver and turn it into a machinegun. The typical AR-15 lower receiver has "DENIAL BARS" built into the design of the trigger pocket that prevent installation of the necessary auto sear. This is why the trigger pocket walls have that weird shape in the back that narrow the trigger pocket at the position of the selector swirch instead of of just going straight back all the way to the takedown pin.
One would have to mill out the "denial bars" -- no small trick, even with a router and an end mull, because of the proximity of the buffer tower to the area to be milled.
These are NOT "readily convertible by just drilling a single hole.
That theory is ridiculous. So many things are readily convertible to an illegal state. Those that do it are breaking laws. Those items shouldn’t be held accountable, only the people.
The camel's nose, if readily converted is the criteria, how would the advent of 3D printers affect this interpretation. Would a spool of filament be covered?
Those sections and subsections must be removed or replaced with wording affirming the right to bear automatic weapons. Period.
This is ridiculous. The supreme Court has affirmed that the second amendment is a individual inalienable Right. This means the people have not I REPEAT NOT! GIVEN THE FEDERAL , STATE ,COUNTY , AGENCY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ANY POWER TO REGULATE OR PASS LAWS PERTAINING TO THIS RIGHT. If it's a individual inalienable Right it can not be taken away from the individual.
Does this track of thinking go down to the bag of soda and beer cans. They can be smelted down and poured into a mold or poured as an ingot that can be machined into a frame? Good luck trying that.
Same could apply to any Glock/clone, as the frame itself need not be modified to work with a FA upper.🧐
Clearly something they will use...
I feel it's a little more than just drilling a single hole🙄
Exactly how they killed the Form 1 suppressor community.
The ATF won't stop until a shovel full of bauxite ore is considered a frame or receiver. Henry Bowman is a genius!
Where do i drill🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wouldn't that make a case for machine guns to be in common use? And then not to be able to restrict them. All of these Infringements are based out of the NFA.
This definitely exemplifies is the need to remove the NFA and strongly control the actions of the ATF.
So run for office then and try to accomplish both.
@@aquariumdude7829no because every one of there laws are already illegal people need to stand up
we need them done away with sorry politics and voting or any of that will stop them only force
@Macdonald-we4gx Macdonald, at least of the people are voting for this and want it to continue. Many more simply don't care about guns at all. They have no interest in the gun rights versus gun control issue.
If it comes down to this, I would suggest we mill out our receivers at that exact spot where a hole can be drilled and mill it out in the shape of a triangle or something that disables the automatic. Function. After all, you cannot install a 1/8 inch pin into an area.That's been milled out into a one inch irregular shape like a Is triangle.
If you know how it all works there more than 1 hole that needs to be done
The idea that the ATF could broaden its interpretation to potentially ban AR-15 lower receivers is a slippery slope that could lead to widespread disarmament.
Under the ATF's extremely liberal interpretation of "readily convertible" to, well anything, a simple block of aluminum of a certain dimension can be "readily converted" to a machine-gun. It just becomes a matter of how much time and/or how much tooling you decide to throw into it. Do I NEED a CNC mill to "convert" an aluminum block to a receiver? No. With enough time and simple hand tools it COULD be done...but taking a LOT of time and a certain level of skill. The ATF, along with every other "alphabet" agency of the government needs to be reigned in.
🤣 What form will everyone need to fill out to reclaim those eventually?
Does that mean an aluminum can is a machine gun. "can readily be made" is subjective. All I have to do is melt down soda cans into a block, cut a straight billet, get a jig and drill it out to have a reciever, then add other parts. Like, its not THAT hard.............LOL
Thanks William Kirk
Here's the problem, first of all 80% receivers are nowhere close to being able to be readily altered to be a machine gun or a gun at all.
And you cannot convert an AR-15 to an M16 merely by drilling a single hole. That is not possible.
Probably need to bring in UN forces to carry out something that big.
07/02 here. Ive converted ar-15's to m-16's. Its not as simple as drilling the magical third hole. Theres more machining involved in the process.
Only if you start with a narrow-throat lower.
Some AR-15’s are milled just like M-16’s minus the auto sear hole.
But hang on, if they make the leap that AR15 lowers could be an unfinished machine gun lower, and unfinished frames/receivers constitute firearms, wouldn't it be really easy to make the argument that AR15s are machine guns? If they make that argument, then since AR15s are the most popular rifle in the US, then they are vastly in common use. There is already precedent that the government can't ban what is in common use.
Looking forward to the day you don't have to finish you videos with "What's left of your Second Amendment Rights."
I get your theory. But do the lawyers that would be going before the Supreme Court know of it?
So would this apply to every glock frame generic of original that could have a switch dropped in? Does this mean anyone with an ak and a metal coathanger guilty of conspiracy?
Any block of aluminum stock can be converted. Are they going to outlaw aluminum?
Don't give them any ideas...they are banning knives in the UK.
not just 1 hole but you need the disconnector a special hammer , special bolt carrier, special safety and a couple other parts that are next to impossible to find
You haven't looked vary hard, apparently. A quick google brought me up 2 sources (that I spent the time to look at) in less than 30 seconds. The only "special" part (requiring paperwork) is the actual auto-sear. Everything else can be had for under 40 bucks, shipped to your doorstep, with no questions asked. (And no, you don't need a special bolt carrier unless you've got one of the neutered "colt half-moon" cut BCGs.
Those parts are easy to purchase online
Like, WTF, who Deleted my Comment?
The small-hats.