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Posted: 10/7/2001 12:40:38 PM EDT
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YOU CAN'T assemble a new rifle from pre-ban parts that were not a pre-ban rifle when sold.
If you own a pre-ban rifle BOUGHT as a rifle, and the barrel/upper is replaced with another pre-ban ... that's legal. taking a bunch of pre-ban made parts that were parts and not a rifle is illegal. some of the more experienced guys here should be able to quote specific laws. |
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Posted: 10/7/2001 12:40:54 PM EDT
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The lower is the "gun" The upper is just parts without it.
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Posted: 10/7/2001 12:41:18 PM EDT
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This would be a good Q for the Legal forum. Not being a lawyer, off-site storage would seem to me to solve your problems, though. A paranoid person would not acquire the pre-ban parts in a traceable manner.
All this is subject to what No_Expert said, of course. NOT advocating anything illegal. |
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Posted: 10/7/2001 1:08:38 PM EDT
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Yes I understand the LOWER is the gun. I do know that. But I now understand what NoExpert said which i didn't know and that is that it is illegal to buy a complete preban upper and then go and buy a complete preban lower(UNLESS it was a COMPLETE gun before the ban). So I guess that is where documentation comes in saying it was a complete rifle. So you are better off buying a complete preban rifle I guess.
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Posted: 10/7/2001 1:30:36 PM EDT
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You can own as many pre-ban uppers as you want, even if you only have post-ban lowers.
There is no law against this. An AR15 upper is not a firearm. It does not have a serial number on it. There are no laws or ATF rulings against this. Please don't get NFA laws/rulings mixed up with non-NFA firearms. The only time a pre-ban upper would become illegal is if you assembled an "defined assault weapon" using a post-ban lower and that pre-ban upper. Buy it if it is a good deal, just don't "mix and match" until you have your pre-ban lower. |
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Posted: 10/7/2001 2:06:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: You can own as many pre-ban uppers as you want, even if you only have post-ban lowers. There is no law against this. An AR15 upper is not a firearm. It does not have a serial number on it. There are no laws or ATF rulings against this. Please don't get NFA laws/rulings mixed up with non-NFA firearms. The only time a pre-ban upper would become illegal is if you assembled an "defined assault weapon" using a post-ban lower and that pre-ban upper. Buy it if it is a good deal, just don't "mix and match" until you have your pre-ban lower. OK I understand that it is OK to buy the Preban upper and keep it in my home with my postban gun as long as i don't mix and match. But I don't understand your comment about confusing NFA laws with non-NFA laws. Did something I say in my response to NoExpert apply only to NFA guns. Sorry to be a pain, just want to get this right. Thanks |
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