feds drop cases against lower recivers?

oldemagics

where could this eventually lead?
receivers not being the "firearm", thenhow will they make the definition ?

" U.S. Attorneys have quietly dropped at least two cases against individuals charged with illegally possessing a lower receiver after two different federal judges ruled that the lower receivers do not meet the federal definition of a firearm "

source story:
https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2019/10/12/feds-dropping-weapons-charges-keep-bad-regulations-books/?fbclid=IwAR3Zsh_DP-J991ynpQD4XRJu6cHEsDf49kGFgu0EaScidBKnCw3A3bTaWII

US Military Guy

Interesting - a (presumably serial numbered) lower receiver is NOT a firearm

- but a plastic buttstock is a machinegun.

Than can't be right. :roll:

Horse Plains Drifter

US Military Guy wrote:

Interesting - a (presumably serial numbered) lower receiver is NOT a firearm

- but a plastic buttstock is a machinegun.

Than can't be right. :roll:

Funny how that works....

Mr. Perfect

oldemagics wrote:

where could this eventually lead?
receivers not being the "firearm", thenhow will they make the definition ?

" U.S. Attorneys have quietly dropped at least two cases against individuals charged with illegally possessing a lower receiver after two different federal judges ruled that the lower receivers do not meet the federal definition of a firearm "

source story:
https://bearingarms.com/cam-e/2019/10/12/feds-dropping-weapons-charges-keep-bad-regulations-books/?fbclid=IwAR3Zsh_DP-J991ynpQD4XRJu6cHEsDf49kGFgu0EaScidBKnCw3A3bTaWII

You can bet your bippy the ATF is scrambling to try to classify the upper as the firearm. That's going to get problematic of course, but you can bet Trump will back it and the MAGA hat wearing crowd will cheer.

CaptFun

Both of the dropped cases involved 80% lowers which are not firearms. More fake news.

Mr. Perfect

CaptFun wrote:

Both of the dropped cases involved 80% lowers which are not firearms. More fake news.

Well, the most recent involved 80% lowers that were converted. Not exactly fake news.

Mr. Perfect

This article was actually an interesting read. The slant is obvious and ignorable.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/us/ar-15-guns-law-atf-invs/index.html