Quoted: Are these still legal to buy/possess ?? I've seen a guy at the flea market trying to sell them but I thought they deemed them illegal this last spring ?? Did some searching on the web and far as I can tell it's a no-no.
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They're certainly legal to posses, if you're not a "prohibited person", ie, got caught beating your SO, or are a convicted felon, dependent on illegal drugs, etc. They were deemed to be a firearm, and illegally produced w/o a serial number. The court case is ongoing.
Legal to buy? That's a grey area @ best. I shipped mine to a SOT to be turned into a machinegun for research purposes, so I'll never get it back. (Hint, hint to someone.
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You can legally buy a non-serialized firearm produced prior to 1968 from anyone w/in your state. BATFE is claiming that these plastic pieces are unserialized Title 1 "others", produced in violation of the GCA 1968. EP Armory is disputing that in court. The court has provided no guidance to those of us w/ EP Armory "80%" lowers - BATFE has only said they are not coming after non-prohibited persons who possess these.
Given you didn't produce a firearm w/o a serial number, and neither did the guy @ the flea market, I don't think BATFE is interested in nailing the customer base except when they can go after a felon or a wife-beater. So I doubt they're going after the guy @ the flea market, and they're certainly not going to come after you for buying one.