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Re the Michigan gun store owner – charges sound at least partially BS, assuming he was assembling AR-15s using finished lowers, versus making them from 80% lowers.
Right? “He told officials in June 2020 that he saw Awad manufacturing multiple firearms for sale. Awad would separately purchase AR lower receivers and AR upper receivers and assemble them at the shop, court records show.
“I know that an AR-15 is comprised of a lower receiver and upper receiver to make a fully functioning firearm,” the agent said in the complaint. “The main components of an AR-15 lower receiver are the body of the firearm, pistol grip, trigger mechanism, and butt stock of the firearm. The main components of an AR-upper receiver are the barrel, bolt assembly, and ejection port. Based on my training and experience, I am aware that the assembly of AR-style rifles from upper and lower receivers and other parts is considered manufacturing firearms.””
I was under the impression that the lower was the firearm, hence the whole thing about finishing 80%. If you buy a firearm and add stuff to it, you’re not “manufacturing” it.