You going to include freeze plugs and valve spring retainers in the “already a suppressor” category? 🤔
I think the ATF's interpretation would be that, unless you bought them for their actual use and not to use as suppressor parts, that they are suppressor parts, right? And if you actually made a Form 1 suppressor with them, well, that proves you bought them as suppressor parts beyond any doubt.
You know, the more you post, the clearer it becomes that as far as this NFA issue you care about only you and yours, the rest of the nation be damned.
Oh No. I spent 20 years as an 02-07 SOT. It became very clear to me early on that my personal opinions on what the law should be mean squat. I think it would be great if we could just build whatever we want free and clear . That is not the case. I like consistency and clarity in the law. Ive know many people who's live have been ruined and who have gone to jail over NFA violations. If the regs are so and so I will let people who are wondering know what they are so that they can make informed choices based what the hazards and penalties are for disregarding the law. Choices right? Freedom? Theres a concept that you really come to terms with when you spend 8 years in a federal penitentiary for exercising your "freedom" . Yeah, Ive known people who's lives have been destroyed for thinking the law didnt apply to them AND Ive had agents of the ATF attempt to put me there too. Thats an eye opener . I can play their game their way and stick it in their face while doing it
Serious question I’m not trying to be confrontational I’m asking simply because I don’t know. How do we fight back?
Like I said. Federal Prison is not something I advocate for anyone. It's all fun and games until you get nailed for $20k in legal bills and get 1 to 10 years in the Federal lockup. Then it gets real .
And therein lies the rub. Every man needs to do a personal cost-benefits analysis and determine what they are willing to risk to get what they want.
How about a roll of nickel coins? They will send the black cars shortly to my home. (only 25% nickel with 75% copper)
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No crime to damage coins, recall the penny press at museums that emboss an image on a penny.
I've already argued with him at length on this. He doesn't believe in our legal system. To him, what the ATF wants must be the law because, after all, they said it is what they want, and they will try to arrest you if you don't obey! The letter of the law doesn't matter. That stuff your civics teacher taught you about a Constitution and legislative, judicial, and executive branches with separate and limited powers is all just made up, apparently. Just do whatever bureaucrats tell you! It's the key to living the good, free, American life. At least, I think that's what Jefferson and all those guys wrote about.
Jefferson isn't going to bail you out of jail after your ex girlfriend turns you into the ATF for having illegal machine guns and silencers. Madison isn't going to represent you when you plead to a lesser charge to avoid 10 years after you get pulled over coming back from shooting in the woods and they find to MG's an a contraband silencer in your trunk. Hamilton isn't going to take care of your wife while you are in jail after your tennant's turn you in for your FrEe MaN guns. Maybe he will who knows. John F'ing Hancock isnt going to pay your mortgage after you get 3 years for buying the machine gun from that the guy youve known for two years at the gun show who turns out to be a confidential informant.
Married, don't have any serious exes, and don't have any landlords or tenants. I am not dumb enough to try to illicitly purchase a machine gun from some informant. And I don't consent to searches, nor do I provide valid probable cause for one. So none of those hypotheticals would apply, even if I were to do something "illegal", which I don't.
Here’s how I’m thinking about it.
Yep. And you can send an empty tube off for a recore, as long as you can attach it to a barrel and the end cap has a hole in it.
There is at least one court case for using a Potato as a silencer. The Potato silencer would add 25-years to the sentence.
To win they’d have to prove that you intended to make a silencer when you hadn’t actually made a silencer, I’d expect the judge to dismiss. Of course you lose anyway because your life is turned upside down and the costs for the defense are high. I still don’t think they’d risk the loss in court, they know that the only thing behind them is the belief we share that they can do bad things at will.
