Sitting here filling out my lovely "AW" registrations & LCM declarations and have not gotten to the point where it is time to go to the basement and sift through all the parts bins down there. After all I want to be sure I'm observing the full legal definition of an "assault weapon" as specified in PA 13-3 that reads:
"[(2)] (ii) A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, [(1) of this subsection,] or any combination of parts from which an assault weapon, as defined in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, [(1) of this subsection,] may be rapidly assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person;" AN ACT CONCERNING GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
Once I find a few flash suppressors, pistol grips and/or buffer tubes & springs of course I'll want to register them as a fine law abiding citizen, but the thought then occurs to me - what next? Can I now build a completely functional "assault weapon" from each part I have registered? After all, each part is considered an assault weapon & stripped lowers are not AWs by themselves and are not illegal yet so why not just pic up a few and put those spare parts to use? Obviously the lack of serial number and manufacturer would be challenging but I'll have a certificate from the state its all nice and legal-like, no? What could go wrong
Will we have to wait 20 years for some poor sap to do this and get a ruling from case law? What say ye legally knowledgable ones?