homemade confusion?

corn-nut

Another odd one for the group:In most areas of our u.s. (those that don't restrict rifles/shotguns) you are allowed to construct firearms for your own use if their are no laws restricting you from owning that type of weapon. I've seen this statement in auctions for parts, blueprints, and even tools and acc.! Now if this were true of course you couldn't build assault rifles, but what about basics like bolt actions, 10/22's ect. Are these sellers just givin' me a load of BS to sell their stuff? Thanks folks!

oneshy

I don't know any specific laws, but if it's legal to own it's legal to build. Where you'll run into problems is in obtaining the receivers. You must be an FFL holder. Unless you're a machinist. And that is definitely illegal unless you're licensed.[This message has been edited by oneshy (edited 11-16-2001).]

turbo

Awhile back, I remember seeing a documentary on KPBS, about a fellow (artist) that drew his own federal notes and spent them like real cash at retailer stores and certain other establishments , (I'm talking about $5, $10, all the way to $100 dollars bills), and always received change in real tender if the purchase was less than the amount of the bill he produced.There is more to this story about how he went on to frame the entire transaction and signed the finished product, for the new owner.The Justice Department tried to prosecute this guy for drawing up and trading his own bills, but after much thought dropped the charges and returned all confiscated material that had been taken from him.There is nothing to prevent anyone from manufacturing any gun thats legal or even illegal to own himself, providing one applies for and gets the proper permits and licenses, in the case of weapons making, even receivers and bolts and all other parts could be purchased or obtained from other manufacturers, in order to produce a finished product. As a manufactere you would run into problems if you tried to sell or trade your product contrary to the law.I knew of a man that made experimental guns, rifles, and he had a federal license to do so, he was always carried a weapon on his person, "to protect himself from thieves, or highjackers, according to him, and because he was in this profession, it was easy to get the permit to carry.Their is no law that I am aware of (short of some one being a ex con felon) which would deny a good citizen from pursuing his dreams of making his own weapons.It' like building your own home, if you know how, you are exempt from the building contractor laws which require you to be licensed. There is nothing that can prevent you from building it, providing you pay the permits, and construct it according to the codes.