The announcement, expected for Thursday, comes amid a spate of high-profile shootings and as some advocates have grown frustrated in the White House's delay.
He is who he told us he was. Even Obama was more politically saavy, asking for Congress to pass legislation.
A "lower" for things like an AR15 is an unfinished hunk of metal that you need a drill press etc to turn into a gun. Because it was just a hunk of metal when you bought it, it doesn't have anything identifying to tie back to you and you don't need to buy it through a Federal Firearm License holder. This law would regulate those "lowers" as far as I can tell, however there's already millions of them out there at this point.
Yep. AND GOOD LUCK regulating unfinished hunks of metal sold as paperweights and even if they succeed, 3d printing gots it covered. Ive even seen a youtube video where a guy made an ak 47 lower from a shovel!
A "lower" for things like an AR15 is an unfinished hunk of metal that you need a drill press etc to turn into a gun. Because it was just a hunk of metal when you bought it, it doesn't have anything identifying to tie back to you and you don't need to buy it through a Federal Firearm License holder. This law would regulate those "lowers" as far as I can tell, however there's already millions of them out there at this point.
Yep. AND GOOD LUCK regulating unfinished hunks of metal sold as paperweights and even if they succeed, 3d printing gots it covered. Ive even seen a youtube video where a guy made an ak 47 lower from a shovel!
nitpick: that is an 80% lower, not a lower