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RE: You're Free...unless we think you're dangerous...
Very interesting read. Last year I built and AR from the ground up and the only thing I had to "register" was the lower receiver. It is much simpler than most people realize.
You would think I would be used to the slant most media outlets spin on stories to get views, but they never cease to amaze me.
Yeah, the lower receiver is the only part that's restricted in the US. You can technically order every other piece of a gun and have it shipped to your door, legally, with no restriction.
You can even order a lower receiver that's not fully finished and finish it yourself. Of course, it's not exactly easy to do that necessarily, but pretty much anyone can with a bit of coaching and practice. I've seen people do it quite a few times in videos, even novices, and most of them managed to do it, sometimes after messing up a few times.
Building the entire thing by contrast...is quite a bit harder. I'm not sure I would necessarily want to myself unless it was just as a project for the fun of it. Some are quite a bit easier than others, of course. I hear a shotgun can be done extremely easily.
I went to an AR armorer class for work and once I realized how simple it was, I decided to build one myself as a project. It was also cheaper and more customized this way.