Prof Young
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I have a shooting buddy who is very mechanically inclined. He has made a couple of those "kit" guns that some refer to as "ghost" guns because they, apparently aren't a gun when you buy them and so there is no paper trail of any kind.
I'd kind of like to have an AK so I asked him about making one. He said he'd be glad to help me. I could even use his shop. So I asked about price. He said about $600 bucks to which my response was that I could buy a whole AK for that. He told me you don't save $$$ on this kind of gun. The only advantage is that there is no paper trail. Seriously?
I live in IL and the state police are NOT supposed to keep records of the back ground checks and who bought what. Someone at a very high level of state gov. would breaking the law in a heavy duty way for the State Police to have record of gun ownership. (Not that it couldn't happen, but this would be very serious law violation!) Granted I have to have a FOID card, but that doesn't tell them what guns I own, or even if I own any guns at all. However; my buddy says that IL gun dealers have to keep records of who bought what. Really?
So two questions:
1. Do IL gun dealers have to keep records of every sale? A list of who owns guns bought from their shop?
2. Is no paper trail the only "advantage" of a "ghost" gun.
Life is good.
Prof Young
I'd kind of like to have an AK so I asked him about making one. He said he'd be glad to help me. I could even use his shop. So I asked about price. He said about $600 bucks to which my response was that I could buy a whole AK for that. He told me you don't save $$$ on this kind of gun. The only advantage is that there is no paper trail. Seriously?
I live in IL and the state police are NOT supposed to keep records of the back ground checks and who bought what. Someone at a very high level of state gov. would breaking the law in a heavy duty way for the State Police to have record of gun ownership. (Not that it couldn't happen, but this would be very serious law violation!) Granted I have to have a FOID card, but that doesn't tell them what guns I own, or even if I own any guns at all. However; my buddy says that IL gun dealers have to keep records of who bought what. Really?
So two questions:
1. Do IL gun dealers have to keep records of every sale? A list of who owns guns bought from their shop?
2. Is no paper trail the only "advantage" of a "ghost" gun.
Life is good.
Prof Young