In the US can a felon own a gun if it is dismantled and hanging like a piece of art?

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• just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Most firearms have a single serialized part that is considered to be the firearm. For pistols is is generally the frame. For something like an AR, it is the lower reciever. So they would be breaking the law to own that part regardless of whether they had the other parts.

  The only way I know of to get around that is if the firearm was irreversibly modified to be unable to fire a bullet. At that point it is no longer a legally firearm. They ways that is usually done are pretty destructive though. Like chopping the frame/receiver in half kind of destructive.

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Couldn’t you just weld the barrel sealed like they do for prop guns?

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    • just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Like the other comment said, the barrel is not the firearm. If you have parts, tools, and things that could feasibly make a gun then they can charge you with possession of a gun. Firearm laws are complex and difficult. And honestly of would probably be easier and safer to try to use replica/prop parts just to avoid issues.

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    • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No. As they said, the receiver is the firearm, not the barrel. As long as the receiver is intact, you can replace the barrel and have a functional gun.

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• ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A felon can be president, so why not.

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• Forester@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you bought an 80% upper and all of the furniture and then never milled out the 80% upper, you could do this with an AK. As legally, there would be no firearm or firearm components. I am not a lawyer. Speak to a lawyer

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  • Forester@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pst. Just make it out of wood. Do you have any idea how expensive an AK is rn?

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• lazylemons@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    What if I manufacture a blunderbuss right now, in the Year of Our Lord 2026? Is that a firearm?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cousin of mine is a felon and always thought it would be cool to have AK 47 with a wood stock and grip. Completely disassembled on a wall.

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    • gastroglizzy@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You would have to cut the lower receiver in half before it’s in his hands.

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sure. Who cares?

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  • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Probably a felon that doesn’t want to end up back in jail?

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