You can sell an 80% lower unfinished… surprisingly, there is no court ruling on whether or not you can also sell a finished 80% (100% for the smart asses) later if you decide you no longer want it. This is a grey area so tread lightly. However, the ATF does clearly state you CANNOT buy an 80% and finish it with the intent to sell and you cannot finish one for your buddy. Again the key words per the ATF’s webpage are intent to sale and distribution.
Which is exactly why a man in Lubbock Texas has found himself in hot water after it was discovered that he may have sold the Odessa shooter an AR15 built with an 80% lower with the intent to sell.
According to KCBD the FBI and the ATF are still investigating after serving a search warrant in the 3400 block of Mesa Road in Lubbock, across from the Lubbock Country Club, apparently in connection with the Midland/Odessa shootings from Saturday.
We’re still waiting on official confirmation, but we believe this search is related to the manufacture and sale of the AR-15 used in the Midland/Odessa shootings.
The search was conducted around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
the Wall Street Journal reports that law enforcement is investigating a person of interest in Lubbock, suspected of illegally manufacturing and selling the rifle used in Saturday’s mass shooting in Midland/Odessa.
Authorities have not released the man’s name, as they seek to question him at his residence.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating how Seth Aaron Ator was able to purchase the AR-15 rifle he used to kill seven people and wound 22 before police shot and killed him.
Ator was prohibited from owning a firearm because a court had previously found him mentally unfit. He had tried to buy a gun back in January 2014 but failed a criminal background check.
So what laws did he break? Well there’s a couple actually straight from the ATFs page!
- If an individual is “engaged in the business” (defined below) as a manufacturer or seller of firearms then that person must obtain a federal firearms license. In addition, manufacturers have a variety of specific responsibilities under the Gun Control Act, such as including a serial number and other markings on all firearms.
- Under 18 U.S.C. 921 (a)(21)(A), the term “engaged in the business” means— as applied to a manufacturer of firearms, a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to manufacturing firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or distribution of the firearms manufactured.
- With certain exceptions, and subject to any state law that might apply, as long as an individual is not prohibited from possessing a firearm, he or she can make a firearm for personal use. If an individual wants to manufacture and sell firearms, he or she is required to obtain a license, and mark each firearm manufactured in accordance with 27 CFR 478.92. [18 U.S.C. 923(i), 26 U.S.C. 5822]
And for those wondering about serializing
Once again. DO NOT build an 80% with the intent to sell. You will have the Alphabet boys knocking down your door or you could end up like this poor bastard whose probably going to have an example made of him.
Additionally If you live in New York you can build an 80% so long as it is configured in accordance with the safe act.
New Jersey is a No Go
As of January 1, 2019 California requires that you serialize the 80% before you even start finishing it.
What the gun grabbers are trying to cover up is that this man broke several laws to get his hands on a firearm. He couldn’t pass a background check and they are trying to make it sound like he used some magic loophole. No amount of gun control or universal background checks would have stopped him. Criminals DO NOT obey laws.
