The Supreme Court recently upheld a Biden era ATF rule that requires serial numbers, background checks and a dealer to transfer their “buy, build, shoot” kits- ruling that selling a kit that could readily be turned into a firearm is the same thing as actually selling a firearm. This decision is going to put Polymer80 out of business. You can read the actual decision here (pdf alert, hosted offsite). It’s a major defeat for liberty, and a bellwether of things to come from this court. The only two justices who dissented were Thomas and Alito. Now you know why the left wants Alito gone.
The decision for now is narrowly targeted at the Polymer80 kit, which came with the unfinished frame, the jig, and the tools needed to convert the parts into a firearm. The court’s majority specifically said that this applies only to parts sold as a complete kit, so for now 80% frames and receivers from makers like 80% Arms are completely legal, but you can expect that to be dealt with in later courts.
I have said for awhile that Trump’s best attribute was his SCOTUS picks. Now that it appears that those picks and Congress have again turned their backs on the 2A crowd (as Republicans always seem to do, once they have the pro-2A vote in their pocket), the only difference between the two parties is the speed with which we are headed off the cliff. No matter what Trump does, he can’t overcome the inertia of the uniparty.
You can read the informational post from 80% Arms here. The reason that 80% is getting away with this, is that they are not selling the jigs or tools needed to finish their lowers. They are continuing to sell 80% AR lowers and 76% Glock lowers, even though the Glock lowers are sold out.
As I have pointed out time and again on this blog, no one is coming to save you, and there is no voting your way out of this. We are too far down the path to totalitarianism. SCOTUS is not going to be a big friend to the gun community, and this Trump administration is a mere speed bump on the way to tyranny. At this point, we are looking at a pretty bleak future for the country. The median income in the US is just shy of $40,000 a year- but those who make less than $40k don’t pay any income taxes, once you factor in refundable tax credits. Those who make less than $25k don’t pay any taxes of any kind. Those who vote for a living are out voting those who work for a living. There is no coming back from that.
What that means is that the Democrats are promising free shit to the poor while simultaneously using those votes to slowly enact a tyranny. That’s why they want you disarmed. So here is my advice- do one of the following:
Buy a 3D printer. The left is already making it a felony to use a 3D printer to make firearms, and a misdemeanor to exchange the files needed to do so. They are also pressuring the makers of 3D printers to encode blocks on the printers making it impossible to make firearms or firearm parts. If you have a 3D printer, I would make sure that firmware or software updates don’t happen automatically, or you may find that your 3D printer gets neutered. You can find a guide for making your own receivers here.
Or you can buy a Ghost Gunner for about $2500 that will allow you to make AR receivers from plain aluminum blocks, as well as do all sorts of metalworking like cutting slides for red dot sights.
I am planning on buying one or the other this summer, once my current projects come to a conclusion. I am nearing completion of my 300 Blackout project. Once that is done, I will put a deposit on a Ghost Gunner 3 or buy a 3D printer.
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