Oh Shoot

Just breaking, details sketchy of course.   10-15 dead reported at Oregon community college:   https://www.google.com/search?q=oregon+college+shooting&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

  Note also that both MD's and Baltimore's knife laws are so gray that you're basically guilty if they want you to be. Note Freddy Gray as recent example.   - OS

Another (beware, joke noir):   Doc tells patient he has bad news and terrible news, which first?   Patient: Tell me the terrible news.   Doc: I'm afraid you have AIDS.   Patient: So what's the merely bad news?   Doc: You're showing symptoms of Alzheimer's.   Patient: Well, it could be worse, I guess.  I could have had AIDS or something.   - OS

I love how Putin "announced" it to BHO, sent some general to American embassy in Istanbul, telling them to have US planes clear the skies, as Russian air operations would start in one hour!   This just after their little sitdown chat of a few days ago, where Vladimir gave no hint of things to come of course. He really does treat Barack like the putz he is.   - OS

  Yep. Firearm aficionado's paradise all right.   - OS

  I assure you there is no good news whatsoever regarding a Tennessean having a loaded firearm in MD, and since you aren't traveling according to FOPA, even unloaded with ammo in separate locked container could be problematic.   Can you not go to Detroit instead? Equally dangerous, but at least you could pack. ;)   - OS

  Yep, got two fairly recent WASRs myself. I consider them the Glock of the AK world.   - OS

Most Waffle Houses have posted for years, dunno what the big whoop is.   Lots of folks say many of the signs are not "legal" in TN because of their location and wording, so ignore them. Whatever. Point is, nothing new here just because a guy was in military uniform, seems to me.   - OS

  Yep. Again, SCOTUS in McDonald vs Chicago said that no local entity can totally ban gun ownership, including handguns, period. What could be more plain?   Perhaps we can just ignore it, just like their take on same sex marriage, eh?   - OS

  It's just not set up for local FedEx and UPS terminals to drop to their most local Post Offices every day with a special trip, profit just not there for that. They just get sent along with the rest of the stuff toward an exchange hub to get handed over in bulk.   - OS

  That sort of thing is normal using Smartpost, only x number of transfer points for it to USPS and Southhaven is closest to you I reckon.   Similar happens with UPS SurePost or Mail Innovations, or whatever they're calling it lately.   - OS

This has to do with AmmunitionToGo? Starting in Knoxville? (Otherwise looks normal) - OS

  It's a SCOTUS rule. And be glad. Before 1992 "once a rifle always a rifle" was the rule. And you could be charged with making an NFA firearm via "constructive possession"  for merely possessing otherwise legal to use spare parts.   - OS

Well, your intent for explanation is correct but wording is wrong -- "once a rifle" is incorrect. If you start with pistol, you can go back and forth between rifle and pistol at will. "First a rifle, always a rifle" is correct.     To be clear, if you have first made a pistol out of a virgin lower, it matters not what uppers you possess. Can be a short one, long one, or both. The only possible legal complication would be only possessing a short barrel along with a stock or vertical forward grip.   To be clear, a "change back to pistol" simply requires removing the stock before attaching the short barrel -- buffer tube matters not.   - OS

  Yeah, it's just that distance you can get away with on a lesser caliber, a .50 pushes your shoulder back further, while your noggin is staying in same place!   - OS

  There's enough eye relief on scope to move your head back a good bit.   I did same thing the only time I got to shoot a .50bmg. Even though I knew to keep my noggin back from the scope, I apparently leaned head toward it just a bit too close while squeezing, for whatever reason scope caught me on bridge of nose rather than around eye though. No bad, just enough to break skin with slight lump. :)   - OS

If by "pistol lower" you mean one that is legal to make a pistol with, there is no violation of upper possession you can accomplish with what you mention. ".. an NFA firearm is made if aggregated parts are in close proximity such that they ... serve no useful purpose other than to make an NFA firearm (e.g., a receiver, an attachable shoulder stock, and a short barrel)..." Visual aid, this is my "kit AR" I bundled for awhile (lower began life as a pistol), a perfectly acceptable grouping of "aggregated parts in close proximity" to be out and about with, as there is no scenario where one could ONLY make an NFA firearm. Take away the rifle uppers but leave the stock in the scenario however, and technically you have "made" an NFA firearm whether you actually assemble it a such or not. At home, your entire property is considered "close proximity" by case law, so every part/component counts. If all you owned were an AR pistol, with no 16" barrel in the mix, best to not have a stock (or vertical forward grip) at all. Also note, however, East_TN_Patriot's previous post -- while possible, a "constructive possession" charge is quite unlikely in and of itself. - OS

  If, since Aug of 2008, an FFL checks anything but "other firearm" for a receiver in question 18, or writes anything but "receiver", "lower", or similar in question 29, he is in violation of ATF guidelines, and could be in some hot water.   But again, it doesn't matter at all what he put down as for test of legality on your part, and also,  the "pistol" marking on it is legally meaningless both federally and in any state.   - OS

  He's right on.   What an FFL puts on a 4473, either correctly or incorrectly, does not determine the actual legal classification of a firearm, nor the legality of a given future configuration of it.   Used lowers are transferred as "other firearm", same as virgin lowers. However, if the used lower was initially configured as a rifle, it cannot be configured as a pistol.   A lower cannot become a rifle or a pistol without an attached barrel. In other words, you can buy a new complete lower with stock attached, but it's still perfectly legal to make a pistol from it (of course you would remove the stock before attaching the short barrel, eh?).   Obviously, if you make a rifle from a virgin lower yourself, the odds are nobody could ever know that if you later made it into a pistol -- but it's nonetheless illegal should you somehow be found out. But equally obvious is that if the lower left a manufacturer configured as a rifle, it's a simple matter to find out its original configuration should push ever come to shove between you and the ATF.       Perfectly legal to make a pistol from virgin lower, later configure it as a rifle and sell it through FFL as such. The new owner could still legally make it into a pistol. (unlikely, I know, as he would have to know and trust the actual history of that lower).   Again, what an FFL puts on a 4473, either correctly or incorrectly, does not determine the actual legal classification of a firearm, nor the legality of a given future configuration of it.   If he incorrectly marks your revolver as a "long gun", does that make it so? Of course not. If he correctly marks your used original rifle lower as "other firearm", does that mean you can make a pistol from it? Nope.   - OS  

  Because most machining industry started in the northeast.   - OS

  I believe McDonald vs Chicago is quite clear on the matter of firearm ownership, and specifically that of handguns, which was what the suit was about in the first place.   - OS

  If there were any, the gun community would know about them.  Nobody gets prosecuted for 18 USC 922 violation unless they've got real evidence that the transferer knew the transfer was unlawful. Hence the specifics of the stings I mentioned, which have proven to be completely legit, and not entrapment.   The reason the stings generally target the seller rather than the buyer is that an out of state buyer hasn't actually committed a crime until he takes the firearm back into his home state. Of course, they could target a specific buyer if they knew beforehand his history precluded possession period, but they couldn't do that at random like they can with sellers.   But it's simply not a crime here to sell a firearm to someone who merely claims to be legit for ownership, unless the seller has specific evidence to the contrary. If any documentation were required, it would be in the federal or state statutes.   - OS

  Didn't answer the question, ya know. ;)   Do you have an AR, or AK, or maybe pump shotgun? Did you "fix" them also?   - OS

  Is an SKS any more likely to slam fire than any of the many other floating firing pin platforms, like AK, AR, shotguns, etc?   If so, why?   - OS

  I know of no case law, federal or state of TN, where conviction for such would be found without direct proof of knowledge of such.   That's why stings always include, "hey I don't live in your state, but...", or "I can't buy a gun from a dealer, but", or "I'm only 17, but..."     Well, federal includes "reasonable cause to believe", so it's a bit more wiggle room for prosecution. As far as the minor part, TN law requires "Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly", so I suppose "recklessly" might be about the same as "reasonable cause to believe".   But as per above comment, AFAIK burden of proof is about the same for both cases.   - OS