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greenmedic88 on 25 March 2011
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ssj12 said:
greenmedic88 said:
vlad321 said:
 

I know this may be revolutionary thinking for you, but maybe, just maybe, he wants him to win because he wants to definitely say that whatever he bought with his own money is his to do with as he pleases and if he wants to tell others about what they too can do with the things they bought he should be able to.

But it's not revolutionary thinking.

I can't legally register my car in the state of California because it has a non OEM engine swap in addition to numerous aftermarket modifications that make it illegal to drive on public roads.

I can't legally modify any of my firearms to the degree that they fall outside the specifications of state law. Simple things like a threaded barrel, flash suppressor, a folding or collapsible stock, an interchangeable box magazine, a bayonet lug, a protruding pistol grip  can be the difference between a legal firearm and what is classified as a Class III "assault rifle." This is nothing to say of any such modifications that would allow a weapon to fire more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.

If you buy a truck full of fertilizer, you're not allowed to bake it into a homemade bomb either for that matter using common household items.

The car and gun parts are complete BS that should be legal. If the gun part is true, id be making tons of "assault rifles" just so I can say I own one. lol

The last part... I kind of understand it being illegal.. but im sensing sarcasm from this part.

No, you'd find yourself in jail for firearms violations. If people actually think SCE is being extreme in their measures to secure their platform, they know absolutely nothing about the BATF. Forget the IRS; the BATF is one agency I would be quite happy to never have any dealings with ever.

And the laws aren't BS. It only takes a small number of parts to convert an AR-15 semi-automatic to an M-4 automatic. They are heavily regulated for obvious and thankful reasons and require an obscene amount of paperwork, background checks and a sizeable amount of money to purchase under license.

The other laws were simply an attempt to close loopholes in the sales of civilian versions of military weapons by defining common features as being "assault rifle" features. Putting a folding stock a pistol grip and a bayonet lug on a black powder musket doesn't make it an assault rifle, but technically by law it once was. The Federal Anti-Crime Law regulating these features expired, but in states like California, they remain where having even two such features constitutes an "assault rifle" (for example, any centerfire rifle with a pistol grip and a removable box magazine).

Anyone who understands how the firearms game is played doesn't go out of their way to advertise anything as being an "assault weapon," which quite frankly would only appeal to the very type of jackass that no reasonable person would want possessing a firearm of any sort. Civilian versions of military weapons (semi-auto, regardless of other features) are marketed and sold as "sporter rifles" as they aren't being sold for assaulting anything.