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Gun Control & RKBA

flamin lib

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3. So, what most guns have as a receiver is a combination of upper and lower

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:44 AM

Oct 2019

receiver, ie together they meet the definition of a gun because the lower houses the trigger and the upper houses the bolt and is threaded to accept a barrel.

The lower is where the serial number is engraved, so thats the part regulated. It doesn't qualify as a gun because it doesn't hold the bolt or barrel. The upper does but isn't regulated because it isn't serialized.

Its fucking nuts.

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He sold illegal AR-15s. Feds agreed to let him go free to avoid hurting gun control efforts [View all] Eugene Oct 2019 OP

Trump judge? Federalist Society pro-billionaire judge? sharedvalues Oct 2019 #1

Bush II judge: James Selna sharedvalues Oct 2019 #2

So, what most guns have as a receiver is a combination of upper and lower flamin lib Oct 2019 #3

Your information is incorrect. Straw Man Oct 2019 #4

Since an AR-15 is a gun sarisataka Oct 2019 #5

In the AR's case it would make the most sense to define the bolt carrier group as the "gun" Recursion Oct 2019 #6