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Old May 7, 2006, 02:08 AM   #8
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Very confusing legally

This is some of the most convoluted of firearms law. I will make no comment on the current interpretation of the law (or regulations). Only an FYI that a "drop in auto sear" will only work in guns that have the other "auto" parts. trigger, disconnector, hammer, selector, and bolt carrier. And it will only "drop in" to the early guns. At one time, early "civilian" Ar-15s did contain the full auto parts, except for the auto sear. This was soon changed, but since the GI parts (auto) are easily installed, and were for many years easily available, only the auto sear was needed to complete the setup. Later, civilian lower recievers were made without the machined area for the auto sear to fit in.

Just an opinion, but if you have a pre-81 autosear (not legally a machine gun), and you have an AR, without the auto configured parts (so the sear wouldn't make it fire auto, even if it was put in), why is that a crime?
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