Question on Home Made SBR

[Dave70968]

I never understood why things like SBR's and suppressors were NFA. Oh no, my rifle is 2 inches shorter, it's now below the magic line and is capable of nothing but evil. Heaven forbid if I want to save some of my hearing by using a suppressor.

Because they were seen as "gangsters' weapons" at the time; it's no different than the push to reinstate the AWB today.

Originally, all handguns were going to be covered by the NFA as well, but there wasn't enough legislative support for that. Count your blessings.

 

[Kinetics]

although i'm not sure about SBR's (i think saws an internets thread somewhere about guns less than 16 inches being too easy for mobsters to conceal?) I know suppressors were added to the NFA to combat poaching during the depression. They tried to pass a ban on all full autos first but failed due to 2nd amendment rulings (you know back when he had a constitution/ bill of rights). After that failed they just slapped a $200 tax on the to make them prohibitively expensive. Now days the tax thing although dumb is not what i would call prohibitively expensive and there is no need for limits on things like suppressors that could benefit the shooting community if made more available. If suppressors were more available you could maybe open a suppressor only range in a location that would otherwise get noise complaints etc etc. The SBR tax is just dumb considering you can build a rifle caliber semi auto PISTOL and not pay the tax.

 

[AKguy1985]

they included suppressors in the NFA because of poachers. The whole SBR thing to me is stupid.

 

[AtomicTango]

Yeah because someone who is gonna use an SBR or SBS for illegal activity is gonna register it and pay due taxes to begin with....

 

[adluginb]

I want a 9mm SBR W/can for my HD gun. And it would make me really cool.

I think you're already kewl just because you can do what you're doing in your avatar pic

 

[adluginb]

Also you have to have a $5 stamp SBR to be really cool

 

[Chard]

Auto knives became a problem due to Hollyweird movies. At one time they were sold across america in hardware stores as just another tool. As they should be.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Also you have to have a $5 stamp SBR to be really cool

Actually that picture is an AOW.

If you put a buttstock on it, it's a SBS and then it's $200.00

 

[Swapwap]

Get an AR- pistol. Only difference is no butt stock and no front arm grip. All that could be added in seconds if all hell broke lose. No stamp and no registers. Wait until the politicians figure out there are actually ar-15 pistols us criminals can shoot

 

[adluginb]

Actually that picture is an AOW.

If you put a buttstock on it, it's a SBS and then it's $200.00

Yes I know its an AOW because its mine My point was I didn't want to pay the $200 stamp and the only way to get a SBR, SBS without doing that is get a Factory AOW like I posted (which Remingtons aren't even made or sold any longer).