Many are known as “ghost guns” because they lack serial numbers and can be sold without background checks or transfer documents.
That right there really bugged me. I guess it’s technically true that they can be sold without background checks or transfer documents, but that is no different than non “ghost guns”. In either case this is illegal in CA. https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/pubfaqs#14
Off topic, but my suppressed 10 inch SBR 5.56 is not perceptibly quieter than my non-suppressed 16 inch AR…yet, is heavier and longer (when you add the suppressor length to the short barrel).
Also, it has less muzzle energy.
There is no advantage to a suppressed SBR over a regular carbine, in 5.56 at least.
Well, if what you doing is illegal in the first place, why not go whole-hog? That’s kind of the unintended consequence of making standard AR ownership illegal: If you’re going to get in trouble for it anyway, might as well make it really good. No reason to act with restraint if you’re going to go to prison no matter what.
October 16th, 2015 at 5:23 pm
That right there really bugged me. I guess it’s technically true that they can be sold without background checks or transfer documents, but that is no different than non “ghost guns”. In either case this is illegal in CA.
https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/pubfaqs#14
October 16th, 2015 at 7:40 pm
They were making sbrs with suppressors.
October 17th, 2015 at 7:11 pm
Off topic, but my suppressed 10 inch SBR 5.56 is not perceptibly quieter than my non-suppressed 16 inch AR…yet, is heavier and longer (when you add the suppressor length to the short barrel).
Also, it has less muzzle energy.
There is no advantage to a suppressed SBR over a regular carbine, in 5.56 at least.
The crime here sounds more like fraud.
October 18th, 2015 at 11:11 pm
Many are known as “ghost guns” because they lack serial numbers and can be sold without background checks or transfer documents.
Yeah, this bugged me too. It’s like saying crack can be sold on street corners without a perscription.
October 19th, 2015 at 8:15 am
Well, if what you doing is illegal in the first place, why not go whole-hog? That’s kind of the unintended consequence of making standard AR ownership illegal: If you’re going to get in trouble for it anyway, might as well make it really good. No reason to act with restraint if you’re going to go to prison no matter what.