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Posted: 5/22/2009 2:25:36 PM EDT
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in the gun digest, may 25 2009 issue page no. 19 in the middle of the page , title states MAKESHIFT GUN EQUALS 21 MONTHS IN PRISON. a man from Whitefish, Montana pled guilty to possession of a firearm without a serial number. while searching the man ,police found a six-inch metal pipe with a capped end. a nail-like object,similar to a fireing pin,protrudedfrom the cap and cloth covered the opposite end of the pipe. the cloth was secured by a pair of vice grips and a 30-30 ammunition round was fastened inside the pipe by a rubber grommet. the man pled guilty to possession of a firearm without a serial number.
my problem with this is i didn't know it was required to have a serial number even on a homade firearm. i have a winchester rifle that came from the factory without a serial no. also how many ARs,AKs,and others are and were built without it being required to have a ser. no.? unless i'm wrong(which i don't think i am on this) you don't need a ser. no. on a home-build from scratch reciever unless you going to sell. any thoughts on this, did the law change, or is that this guy pled guilty to this to avoid other charges? |
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Home made firearms are legal as long as they are not zip guns.
The BATFE has a letter out on this and explicitly excludes zip guns from the legal arena. The def of zip guns includes rubber band powered hammers/strikers. There is a lot of more detailed info on this on forums such as the weaponeer and cncguns. |
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