This is more of a national question than a Northeast/RI question, but there seem to be many smart minds on here....
As we know with the first AWB of '94, as long as you had a COMPLETE rifle by the cut off date, you were fine. This was/is a problem for everyone who stocked up on stripped lowers like myself. If the burden ever falls upon you to prove the date of manufacture of a complete rifle (purchased as such), you just get a letter from the manufacturer stating when they assembled that particular serial number. When it comes to stripped lowers, there is technically no proof of assembly, only creation of said stripped lower.
I saw some people saying assemble each lower with the same parts kit and upper, and take a picture with it next to a newspaper with both the serial number and newspaper date clearly visible....that doesn't sound like it would fly in court since I could take a newspaper from 1985 and put my brand new AR next to it and say it was assembled 25 years ago.
I'm thinking some kind of document stating the serial number, the fact that it was assembled on the date it was signed, a picture, and get it notarized? Can't really think of any other ideas.
Thanks for any input!
As we know with the first AWB of '94, as long as you had a COMPLETE rifle by the cut off date, you were fine. This was/is a problem for everyone who stocked up on stripped lowers like myself. If the burden ever falls upon you to prove the date of manufacture of a complete rifle (purchased as such), you just get a letter from the manufacturer stating when they assembled that particular serial number. When it comes to stripped lowers, there is technically no proof of assembly, only creation of said stripped lower.
I saw some people saying assemble each lower with the same parts kit and upper, and take a picture with it next to a newspaper with both the serial number and newspaper date clearly visible....that doesn't sound like it would fly in court since I could take a newspaper from 1985 and put my brand new AR next to it and say it was assembled 25 years ago.
I'm thinking some kind of document stating the serial number, the fact that it was assembled on the date it was signed, a picture, and get it notarized? Can't really think of any other ideas.
Thanks for any input!