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Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

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5. Since an AR-15 is a gun

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 03:58 PM

Oct 2019

(I don't think anyone disputes that) but hat interchangeable parts, something must change to account for that.

The ATF can re-define which part of the AR-15 is the 'gun's. If they do this, which part should it be?

Or the law changes to drop the language of the bolt and barrel to define a 'gun', instead the portion of the receiver which contains the firing mechanism is the 'gun'. This would match the current ATF interpretation.

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He sold illegal AR-15s. Feds agreed to let him go free to avoid hurting gun control efforts [View all] Eugene Oct 2019 OP

Trump judge? Federalist Society pro-billionaire judge? sharedvalues Oct 2019 #1

Bush II judge: James Selna sharedvalues Oct 2019 #2

So, what most guns have as a receiver is a combination of upper and lower flamin lib Oct 2019 #3

Your information is incorrect. Straw Man Oct 2019 #4

Since an AR-15 is a gun sarisataka Oct 2019 #5

In the AR's case it would make the most sense to define the bolt carrier group as the "gun" Recursion Oct 2019 #6