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My little bros' b-day is comingup and my dad and i have floated the idea if building him a little 16" carbine AR from a pre-ban [;)] receiver. Any suggestions on configuration?

[b]12280.[/b] (a)(1) Any person who, within this state, manufactures or causes to be manufactured, distributes, transports, or imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, [i]or who gives or lends[/i] any assault weapon, except as provided by this chapter, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for four, six, or eight years.
(2) In addition and consecutive to the punishment imposed under paragraph (1), any person who transfers, [i]lends[/i], sells, or [i]gives[/i] any assault weapon to a [i]minor[/i] in violation of paragraph (1) shall receive an enhancement of one year.

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Build him a .22 conversion and teach him to shoot with discipline. Better yet, get him at Anschutz target rifle and really teach him to shoot with discipline.  He'll have time to appreciate the "toys" later in life if he is brought up to appreciate marksmanship and fine rifles.    

I'm not dissing the AR in any way here.

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I got my 7 year old daughter (now 8) a preban lower, nad hung a tele-stock and a 16 inch barell off of it, top it off with good optics (In Genevieves case, an ACOG).  SHe is a wild terror with it.  No can is safe out to about 300 yards.  She has cleared every squirrel from 1000 acres.

All in all, a good thing.

Just make sure to pound the firearms safety
rules into their head.