Ok thanks. Yes I plan too. I'm working up loads right now for my brother in laws suppressed 300 blk
That's what I'm planning on. And while it's getting engraved I'm gonna go ahead and get them to put a custom logo on for me. Luckily ident marking is like 5 min from my house
Can you elaborate on that. I don't think I understood lol
Not necessarily. There's no federal law that says this, and according to both the Supreme Court's and the ATF's interpretation of relevant federal law, merely possessing the parts to make an illegal SBR isn't automatically enough to get you in trouble. You must have no "useful purpose" for having those parts, and at the same time those parts must also be in "close proximity" to each other.dallasb said:[You] can't have a "spare" pistol upper and an AR in the same house.
Thanks for the tips guys keep em coming
My whole post is about constructive intent, specifically what the Supreme Court and the ATF say about it.dallasb said:Only thing with the post above is he doesn't address constructive intent.
My whole post is about constructive intent, specifically what the Supreme Court and the ATF say about it.
The Supreme Court case United States v. Thompson-Center Arms Co.(further clarified in ATF Ruling 2011-4) specifically describes the threshold for constructive intent, and that threshold involves you having no "useful purpose" for those parts, and it also requires that those parts be in "close proximity" to each other.
That's not what the ruling says that that's not how legal experts interpret it. You're misunderstanding what it says.dallasb said:Having a pistol/SBR upper and an unused rifle lower would give someone a "useful purpose". At least that's how I read the ruling regardless of the "close proximity" wording.
That's not what the ruling says that that's not how legal experts interpret it. You're misunderstanding what it says.
You have it backwards: The "useful purpose" threshold is what helps you, it's not used to punish you. According to the Supreme Court and the ATF, if you have a "useful purpose" for having that short upper, you're OK. And you can have multiple short uppers that can be used on one pistol or SBR lower.
I have one registered SBR AR in my house, and I have several other regular AR rifles. I own an extra short upper for my SBR, and I keep all those parts in "close proximity" to each other. So I have a short upper and a regular AR rifle in "close proximity" to each other, but having the one SBR lower gives me a "useful purpose" for having that extra short upper. Yes, I own the parts to make an illegal SBR, but I also have a legitimate reason to have those parts. That's what "useful purpose" is.