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<blockquote data-quote="ConstitutionCowboy" data-source="post: 3238328" data-attributes="member: 745">Which begs the question, &quot;Do all these parts have serial numbers and are they listed in a manufacturer&#039;s &quot;A and D&quot; book somewhere as machinegun parts?&quot; I can&#039;t think of any way to trace them and prove they are or are intended to be machinegun parts within the scope and intent of the law. (The Second Amendment has been considered notwithstanding for the sake of discussion.) Until all the parts are assembled into a machinegun receiver - the part of the gun with the model and serial number that states it is a machinegun receiver as designated in a manufacturer&#039;s &quot;A and D&quot; book - all you have is parts.Analogy: Rape is illegal. Rapists have a penis. I have a penis. The fact that I have the same type of equipment as a rapist doesn&#039;t make me a rapist. Machine guns have a trigger. My gun has a trigger. That doesn&#039;t mean my gun is a machinegun. It is what the rapist does with his penis that makes him a rapist. It&#039;s the same with a machinegun. If the trigger is not identified and adorned with a serial number and traceable specifically as a machinegun part in a manufacturer&#039;s &quot;A and D&quot; book, it is just a part.Woody</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ConstitutionCowboy, post: 3238328, member: 745"] Which begs the question, "Do all these parts have serial numbers and are they listed in a manufacturer's "A and D" book somewhere as machinegun parts?" I can't think of any way to trace them and prove they are or are intended to be machinegun parts within the scope and intent of the law. (The Second Amendment has been considered notwithstanding for the sake of discussion.) Until all the parts are assembled into a machinegun receiver - the part of the gun with the model and serial number that states it is a machinegun receiver as designated in a manufacturer's "A and D" book - all you have is parts. Analogy: Rape is illegal. Rapists have a penis. I have a penis. The fact that I have the same type of equipment as a rapist doesn't make me a rapist. Machine guns have a trigger. My gun has a trigger. That doesn't mean my gun is a machinegun. It is what the rapist does with his penis that makes him a rapist. It's the same with a machinegun. If the trigger is not identified and adorned with a serial number and traceable specifically as a machinegun part in a manufacturer's "A and D" book, it is just a part. Woody [/QUOTE]

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