Crime Polymer 80 Raided by ATF for DIY Firearms

[Lord Coke]

Its going down. Long story short. A firearm under federal law is either a gun or something that is readily convertible into a gun. The ATF just popped Polymer 80 for selling a gun as a gun part that could be drilled into a gun really quickly. So quick that the part is legally a firearm. Or that is what the ATF claims anyway.
update
Gun Owners of America is looking for a plaintiff in Alabama willing to be part of a lawsuit for the Polymer80’ issue.
more info at the link below.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/w...C06K7NrXGmWfAI9LKpteosG34qCZFg1QgphlUXi02icBc


update rumor has it the ATF is going after owners now.
GHOSTED: ATF Visiting End Users; Requesting Forfeiture Of Polymer80 Kits
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/12/11/polymer80-kits/?fbclid=IwAR0eXHk8eCbi-M55t6Vw66-p2iTk4__bOViKvJk-kfD3qTkeJ6z7O

https://web.archive.org/web/2020121...-company-raided-by-federal-agents-11607670296

Federal agents on Thursday raided one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ghost-gun parts, a sign that federal law enforcement is cracking down on kits that allow people to make weapons at home.

The raid target, Nevada-based Polymer80, is suspected of illegally manufacturing and distributing firearms, failing to pay taxes, shipping guns across state lines and failing to conduct background investigations, according to an application for a search warrant unsealed Thursday after the raid took place.

The probe focuses on Polymer80’s “Buy Build Shoot Kit,” which includes the parts to build a “ghost” handgun. The kit, which Polymer80 sells online, meets the definition of a firearm, ATF investigators determined according to the warrant application. That means it would have to be stamped with a serial number and couldn’t be sold to consumers who haven’t first passed a background check.

 

[evergreenrider]

No arrests. They want the customer lists. ATF already approved their 80% design years ago

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

Good. Some boogaloo boy associated group was pushing instructions on how to purchase and assemble these back at the George Floyd protests. I was actually solicited by an associate of the group on Facebook.

 

[tonni]

Good. Some boogaloo boy associated group was pushing instructions on how to purchase and assemble these back at the George Floyd protests. I was actually solicited by an associate of the group on Facebook.

Why did they target you?

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Didn't click but OP source looks like a way back machine link.

 

[Lord Coke]

Didn't click but OP source looks like a way back machine link.

Its from today. But you are correct the original article is behind a paywall.

 

[Deleted member 484047]

Best of luck to the ATF, the genie is out of the bottle now and it wont be easy putting it back in.

 

[shankmcgank]

Good. Some boogaloo boy associated group was pushing instructions on how to purchase and assemble these back at the George Floyd protests. I was actually solicited by an associate of the group on Facebook.

Those damn Boogeymanaloo Boys and their darn solicitin'.

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

Why did they target you?

I was talking to some girl on an anti racism group in facebook following the George Floyd death, and she started sending me content from them.

 

[hedidhisownstunts]

Those damn Boogeymanaloo Boys and their darn solicitin'.

Just saying that part of their solicitation with “big igloo” pamphlet was a guide to purchasing and assembling these.

 

[Rocco Siffredi]

Good. Some boogaloo boy associated group was pushing instructions on how to purchase and assemble these back at the George Floyd protests. I was actually solicited by an associate of the group on Facebook.

Sure...you got any proof?

 

[Gregolian]

BATF fucking approved this shit years ago same as the SB braces.

Fuck the ATF. If any LEA should get defunded and broken apart it's them. You're law ENFORCEMENT not law CREATION you fucking dipshits.

Suck my ass BATF you fucking cunts.

 

[Stoic1]

My 3D printer goes bbbrrrrrrr

 

[Stoic1]

Also....

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

No arrests. They want the customer lists. ATF already approved their 80% design years ago

Somehow this is supposed to matter.

The ATF previously gave Polymer80 permission to sell unfinished receivers. But the Buy Build Shoot Kits, which are advertised as having “all the necessary components to build a complete...pistol” weren’t submitted to the agency for approval, according to the application for the search warrant. These kits can be “assembled into fully functional firearms in a matter of minutes,” the warrant application says.

Don't know how this makes the unfinished frame any more of a firearm. No single part requires serialization.

 

[Gregolian]

This reminds me I need a wood burning kit.

 

[Natural Order]

Reminds me of Malkovitch's piece in "In the Line of Fire"....that plastic creation he uses.

 

[My Spot]

ATF gonna ATF.
And lol at an 80% lower being referred to as a “ghost” gun.

 

[spamking]

ATF needs to go away . . . an 80% lower is NOT a freaking firearm.

 

[Bald1]

ATF needs to go away . . . an 80% lower is NOT a freaking firearm.

Tell that to the Canadian government.

And no, I'm not saying that's right, just that it's gonna be looked at like some sort of a precedent in some people's eyes.