• frustrated_phagocytosis
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    211 month ago

    That brings up an interesting point. If I manufacture and sell a gun as “the CEO annihilator”, would it be legal? If not, why?

    • @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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      151 month ago

      I’m not a lawyer, but you’d need a #7(?) FFL, and serialized and register the gun before selling it, if I’m not mistaken. Keeping it for yourself is the only legal way to do it without a paper trail. Also, some states have banned even that.

    • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      121 month ago

      Probably legal, but not practical. Suppliers would probably start refusing to work with you. Payment systems too.

      • @VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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        31 month ago

        Suppliers don’t ask what you’re using the filament for. Let’s say they did though.

        Thanks to America’s legal system, you can use shell companies to move filament around to separate the supplier from the actual intended use.

        • @YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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          21 month ago

          Oh, I love playing devil’s advocate! (I want to make it clear I’m not arguing against you in any way, just bring up hypotheticals.)

          Most large suppliers wouldn’t care, but if you get to anything resembling scale I would be more worried about payment companies. The fact weed store managers (even in legal states) are often targeted leaving for the night tells you all you need to know about that.

    • @Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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      91 month ago

      Rob Ski of the “AK Operator’s Union” YouTube channel used to sell on his webstore a rifle optics package he dubbed the “Goatfucker Annihilator”. I don’t recall him ever getting in trouble for it but he hasn’t sold anything like that for years. Presumably someone with the bare minimum amount of good taste advised him against it.

      It was a Primary Arms prism optic paired with an RS Regulate mount IIRC.

      If you go on PSA’s website and look for stripped AR lowers, you’ll probably find a bunch of crass shit like a " FJB-15." Point is, I think you could get away with it if you figuratively and literally stuck to your guns and didn’t make specific threats.

    • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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      61 month ago

      Assuming you had the proper licenses, it would be legal, but I suspect you’d find you’d get shut down through pressure from other directions. Almost nobody would be willing to facilitate that manufacture and sale.