re: Goodbye Gun Control- $1,200 Machine For 3D-Printing Guns Sold Out In 36 Hours

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From what little searching I did yesterday

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t appeared that it is illegal to manufacture your own gun without a license

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Absolutely not true - you can make all the guns you want for your own use - as long as they're not machine guns, short-barreled rifles/shotguns, or destructive devices (ETA: I may be wrong about DDs, as well - they're defined as firearms).

You can (but are not required to) serial number your weapons. You are required to serial number a weapon you transfer, but to make weapons to sell, you must get licensed as a weapon manufacturer.

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For your information, per provisions of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, an unlicensed individual may make a “firearm” as defined in the GCA for his own personal use, but not for sale or distribution.

The GCA, 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:

… (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.

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