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Yeah the easily swapped parts could potentially be a problem. Don't know if there are any legal cases that flesh out the whole "parts" language of the idiotic statutes. The whole parts business is one big gray area that could or could not trip up someone who uses a pump action style upper (or lower). Even if one had something like the Troy PAR or Ares SCR if one had an upper on a pre-ban or registered AW that had a flash hider or bayo lug that could be construed to be a "part" to make the PAR (if chaning the upper turns it into a semauto) or SCR an AW.
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The whole constructive possession argument is really problematic for all of us in many situations.
For instance, I have a preban glock 19 with a threaded barrel. I also have a postban glock 23 with a regular barrel. I suppose one could argue that I am in constructive possession of an AW because the threaded glock 19 barrel will also fit the glock 23, even though I have never configured it that way.
I am sure others are also in similar situations in that regard whether it be multiple AR's in different calibers, so the ability to swap parts technically creates a gun in a different caliber that was registered.
But these problems are not intrinsic to CT's new laws.... we've have 922r around for years and years but I've yet to hear about anyone being charged for having either an outright non-compliant gun, or the parts to make it non-compliant.
There is enough hype and drama out there and I get why people are overly cautious with the current state of affairs. But at a certain point you need to stop living in fear.
Bottom line, whatever new design feats allow for new lowers to be transferred in or allow previously un-compliant folks to easily now comply are definitely a good thing. Is there still some risk there? Of course! Can it be easily quantified? Absolutely not! It boils down to personal choices that we all make. And let's face it, being a gun owner in the state of CT is all around risky as it is. The state keeps a registry of whatever we buy in state. We see guns confiscated and permits yanked because of things like small domestic conflicts (some even misunderstandings), minor drug possession, ec.
Hell there was one guy in Stamford a couple years back that told a cabbie to go back to India in some not so nice words, and the cops showed up at his house and took all his guns because it was perceived that his comment was racist and threatening. So much for thick skin...
So yeah we still unfortunately walk on eggshells a lot of the time based on our interest, passion and ownership of guns - that's not going to change. But innovations like what these guys are doing are great.
One last point - if new AR's can be purchased, whether funky grip semi-auto, normal grip but pump-action, or a so called "aids cannon" - that allows for new folks to take interest. The more AR's out there even if neutered in some way, the better. Because they will still be sold, many going into the hands of people that were previously apathetic at best and anti-gun at worst. Once they see that the AR can't take down an airplane or a tank and that it doesn't just fire itself into playgrounds full of school children, people will realize that they really didn't have anything to fear in the first place. So maybe some of those folks go out and buy a preban as their second step (if still legal by then). Maybe some end up moving to a different state where they can and do purchase a brand new normal AR. Maybe some end up deciding they are not going to comply with the CT laws and figure out a way to turn their pump-action AR into a semi auto by just swapping the upper.