Reply #17: This is really a very confusing issue as there are different standards applied [View All]

[Hoopla Phil]

to different firearms based on the easy of conversion. The AR-15 is one of the most tricky as it is very easily converted. ATF has said that if you have an AR-15 and an M-16 full auto sear you are in "constructive possession" and in violation of the law period. They have also gone so far as to say that if you have an full auto bolt carrier in an AR-15 you are in violation of the law. If you have a sten parts kit and a piece of exhaust tubing with a template stuck to it you are in constructive possession of a machine gun. But, as I understand it, if you have a FAL type rifle and a "safety sear" in your possession you are O.K. because it requires extensive machine work to make the FAL rifle accept the "safety sear". It is all very confusing and people have been sent to jail for ignorance alone with no ill intent.