Quote Originally Posted by trot View Post
As addressed before, but in brief.

Constructive possession = The sum of the parts equals the whole.

Sure, you can have a rebuilt kit with a follower, a plate, and a spring. Just like you can have a AR parts it including a trigger, hammer, and springs.

But the magazine body cannot be "rebuilt" with another magazine body.

Nor can your AR-15 Barrel be "replaced" with a 8" SBR barrel you have laying around (no tax stamp).

Just as if you have an AR-15 Rifle lower, and a 8"SBR barrel, disassembled, with no tax stamp - surprise, constructive possession means you still have an illegal SBR.

Same appies to magazines. You have a post July magazine body? Or your buddy gave you a magazine body after July 1? Well, you can't rebuild that, and the sum of it's parts still equal a whole magazine.


I will NOT go into discussion as to the probability of prosecution. The simple answer is we don't condone any illegal activity. I don't care if something would, may be, or never would be prosecuted. We're not going to support those discussions here, nor those type of transactions.



^^^^ This needs to be a large red lettered stickie at the top of every subforum