This is one area where the ATF appears to lean heavily towards giving us the benefit of the doubt. I read the language of their statement, and it claims constructive intent is where "there is no possible legal purpose" for the combination of parts, rather than if the parts "can be assembled into an illegal firearm."
I have a 14.5" pinned/welded rifle next to an 8.5" pistol in my safe right now, I haven't filed a form 1 yet. Assembling an illegal SBR would be as easy as pushing a couple of pins, but I'm not in violation. I think a guy would only be in violation if they had rifle lowers with short uppers, and no SBR or pistol lowers.
If you're losing sleep over it, pick up a pistol buffer tube for $20, they are handy to have for traveling anyway.
Last edited by Gatorgrizz27; 10-04-17 at 18:22.
Has it ever occurred? Even once?
Especially with the proliferation of AR15s, and <16” uppers is there a single charge that you can find in the history of the NFA where someone got slammed for having an SBR barrel and no registered receiver without the two being assembled?
“Oh but I don’t want to be the test case” say most people - Do they live with the Branch Davidians?
If I have a Rem 700 am I allowed to own a 15” tube of 4140 steel? All it needs is threading and a bore. What if I own a Russian made trigger for my post-ban AK, but a US made trigger is in it? Is that constructive possession of a 922(r) banned weapon? Where does it end?
Everyone wanna talk about “shall not be infringed” and “come and take it” and “molon labe” but then turn around and can’t even grow enough of a sack to keep a spare <16” upper. Meanwhile BLM and Antifa are out burning down businesses and slamming conservatives in the face with bike locks.
We’re doomed.
Last edited by Eurodriver; 10-08-17 at 12:21.
Y'all disappoint me immensely. Like I'm offended at how shameful some of the behavior on here has become.
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While Renegade is correct in that the letter of the law states multiple uppers for a registered lower is illegal, constructive intent is a red herring. It only matters and is only chargeable if atf raids your house and that would only happen if you were being looked at for something pretty bad. It’s not like they come visit you occasionally like they do us dealers.
The real danger for you is getting “carded” for your stamp and not having the matching length upper on that lower. Technically, you are supposed to notify atf in writing if you change the barrel length of a registered SBR. I know there is probably something you can do for multiple lengths but I’ve not asked them about it.
The sticky point is how many SBR uppers do you have for how many registered lowers vs how many unregistered lowers you have.
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