Let the record show that Gunner wrote back on
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:10:58 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Could be. No interest either way, so I haven't looked into the details.


Not long ago...IRRC..the 9th Circuit Court ruled that it was legal to
make your own machine gun. Just not for sale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Stewart

The caveat is that you may do this as long as your construction is not
going to interfere with Interstate Commerce. Specifically, the guy was
barred from the legal purchase of a machine gun, so he was not "interfering
with interstate trade" by making one.
Of course, California had a few problems with the whole issue, but that
was a different case.

G

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producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."