/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>278890

>what he did was just make a plastic lower but the media made up a big load of horseshit.

In America that is all that matters. A stripped lower counts as the firearm, no matter how simple it is.

Even here in Canada the AR-15 lower is the the only part that is considered a firearm and everything else is unregulated by the government.

Everything else (barrel, all trigger parts, bolt, buffer, stock & grip) is available to be mailed to your door without requiring a background check. You click "add to cart", pay online, and every component that makes the rifle a rifle will arrive at your door.

This is why AR-15 airsoft rifles get heat now and then. If they get the dimensions too close to a real lower (and the holes match up) you get into legal hot water. If an airsoft lower has the holes match a real AR lower, you could potentially use it to built an untraceable firearm.

tl;dr

We are coming dangerously close to violating the rules of /diy/ (No discussion of manufacturing of weapons), but in the case of rapid prototype machines it is potentially a legal concern.