Brian
10-04-2014, 03:08
FWIW, I think these guys were pretty public about having everything set up so you just had to push the "go" button on the CNC. Sad to see, but assuming what's said below is true, I'm not surprised.
Owner of La Habra Manufacturing Firm Charged with Illegally
Manufacturing and Selling Key Component for AR-15-Type Rifles
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted the owner of an Orange
County manufacturing business on a federal charge related to the illegal manufacture
and sale of lower receivers for AR-15-type rifles, as well as completed firearms.
The one-count indictment charges Joseph Roh with engaging in the business of
manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license, a felony offense that carries a
statutory maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The indictment alleges that Roh, 46, of Fullerton, did not have the proper license,
but he manufactured and sold hundreds of lower receivers for AR-15-type firearms. In
addition to the lower receivers, the indictment alleges that Roh illegally sold complete
rifles and pistols.
Through his business, ROHG Industries in La Habra, Roh allegedly started with
unfinished lower receivers for AR-15-style firearms. A lower receiver is the frame of a
completed firearm that holds the trigger and hammer. An unfinished lower receiver,
when machined further, constitutes a firearm. Roh and his employees would finish the
lower receivers by machining the devices with a computer-numerically-controlled – or
CNC – machine and drill presses that Roh maintained at the La Habra warehouse.
Roh attempted to avoid the licensing requirement by requiring that each
customer play a token role in the manufacturing process, which often meant merely
pushing a button on a CNC machine, while company employees did the vast majority of
the work.
While the sale of unfinished lower receivers is not regulated, the manufacture
and sale of completed lower receivers – which are considered firearms under federal
law – requires a proper license.
Additionally, Roh would, if the customer wanted, assemble the rest of the firearm
by adding an upper receiver, a barrel, and other necessary parts to the lower receiver.
Roh has agreed to surrender tomorrow and be arraigned on the indictment
tomorrow afternoon in United States District Court.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/roh-637191-lower-federal.html
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByJBP91UxfLoRVctUm5DR01MNnc/view
Owner of La Habra Manufacturing Firm Charged with Illegally
Manufacturing and Selling Key Component for AR-15-Type Rifles
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted the owner of an Orange
County manufacturing business on a federal charge related to the illegal manufacture
and sale of lower receivers for AR-15-type rifles, as well as completed firearms.
The one-count indictment charges Joseph Roh with engaging in the business of
manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license, a felony offense that carries a
statutory maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The indictment alleges that Roh, 46, of Fullerton, did not have the proper license,
but he manufactured and sold hundreds of lower receivers for AR-15-type firearms. In
addition to the lower receivers, the indictment alleges that Roh illegally sold complete
rifles and pistols.
Through his business, ROHG Industries in La Habra, Roh allegedly started with
unfinished lower receivers for AR-15-style firearms. A lower receiver is the frame of a
completed firearm that holds the trigger and hammer. An unfinished lower receiver,
when machined further, constitutes a firearm. Roh and his employees would finish the
lower receivers by machining the devices with a computer-numerically-controlled – or
CNC – machine and drill presses that Roh maintained at the La Habra warehouse.
Roh attempted to avoid the licensing requirement by requiring that each
customer play a token role in the manufacturing process, which often meant merely
pushing a button on a CNC machine, while company employees did the vast majority of
the work.
While the sale of unfinished lower receivers is not regulated, the manufacture
and sale of completed lower receivers – which are considered firearms under federal
law – requires a proper license.
Additionally, Roh would, if the customer wanted, assemble the rest of the firearm
by adding an upper receiver, a barrel, and other necessary parts to the lower receiver.
Roh has agreed to surrender tomorrow and be arraigned on the indictment
tomorrow afternoon in United States District Court.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/roh-637191-lower-federal.html
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByJBP91UxfLoRVctUm5DR01MNnc/view