Subj : Re: Re:
To   : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sun Jun 26 2022 01:37 pm

-=> MOONDOG wrote to ARELOR <=-

 MO> Regarding criminal activity with "ghost guns," they're not actual acts
 MO> of viol ence.  They are arrests of individuals who are prohibited from
 MO> legally owning a firearm getting caught with one.  Home made firearms
 MO> are nothing new.  The difference is people can buy CNC mini mills that
 MO> fit on a table top that do all the precision work.

Much like 3d printers weren't a thing you could 'own at home' until just
a few years ago...

 MO> Years ago I saw a builder's blog where the gunsmith bought a shovel at
 MO> the local big box hardware store, and used a bending brake, a saw, a
 MO> drill and a hammer cut and bend the shovel scoop into an AK receiver.
 MO> Excess metal used t o create smaller pieces of the receiver that
 MO> required welding in place.  The buttstock was made from the handle.
 MO> the rest of the gun was surplus parts that require no special paperwork
 MO> to own.  Most military arms made aroiund and after WWII were made of
 MO> stamped pieces spot welded together.  the complex parts were firing
 MO> components, the bolt, and the rifled barrel.

Yep - a common 'concern' is that if they want to make 'any parts that can
be made into a gun' restricted then shovels, pipes, etc.





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