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For example, the Glock pistols, do they have the requisite 3.7 oz of metal in the receiver or do they go by the whole gun with barrel and slide?
Under federal law, any gun that has less than 3.7oz of metal is an illegal ghost gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undetectable_Firearms_Act
But yet Polymer 80 kits are sold everywhere other than states like WA that has banned them. But the way I read the state law is that the entire gun, barrel and all is considered the firearm, not just the receiver. So theoretically as long as your slide and barrel are steel, it's not a ghost gun? I would think that's the case. Even under federal law. Why else even allow the sale of the kits when they are obviously intended to be converted into "ghost guns"? I don't think the Glock Receiver has 3.7 oz of metal when you factor it to a ghost gun 1:1.
Of particular note, an object is not an undetectable firearm or untraceable firearm unless it is first a firearm under state definition RCW 9.41.010 (11) and lowers do not meet that definition. Thus the undetectable and untraceable definitions don't kick in until the gun is complete with barrel and action, and they apply to the gun as a whole not the lower by itself.
https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.010
(33) "Undetectable firearm" means any firearm that is not as detectable as 3.7 ounces of 17-4 PH stainless steel by walk-through metal detectors or magnetometers commonly used at airports or any firearm where the barrel, the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the part when examined by the types of X-ray machines commonly used at airports.
(11) "Firearm" means a weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder. "Firearm" does not include a flare gun or other pyrotechnic visual distress signaling device, or a powder-actuated tool or other device designed solely to be used for construction purposes.
(12) "Gun" has the same meaning as firearm.
This attorney breaks it down further:
The undetectable statute is listed in its' entirety below but for comparison to the definition of a firearm receiver already in the Gun Control Act, the pertinent parts are here: Title 18, U.S.C., Chapter 44, Section 922 (p)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm–
(A) that, after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines, is not as
detectable as the Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Security Exemplar; or
(B) any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. Barium sulfate or other compounds may be used in the fabrication of the component.
(2) For purposes of this subsection –
(A) the term "firearm" does not include the frame or receiver of any such weapon;
(B) the term "major component" means, with respect to a firearm, the barrel, the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm; and …
Under federal law, any gun that has less than 3.7oz of metal is an illegal ghost gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undetectable_Firearms_Act
But yet Polymer 80 kits are sold everywhere other than states like WA that has banned them. But the way I read the state law is that the entire gun, barrel and all is considered the firearm, not just the receiver. So theoretically as long as your slide and barrel are steel, it's not a ghost gun? I would think that's the case. Even under federal law. Why else even allow the sale of the kits when they are obviously intended to be converted into "ghost guns"? I don't think the Glock Receiver has 3.7 oz of metal when you factor it to a ghost gun 1:1.
Of particular note, an object is not an undetectable firearm or untraceable firearm unless it is first a firearm under state definition RCW 9.41.010 (11) and lowers do not meet that definition. Thus the undetectable and untraceable definitions don't kick in until the gun is complete with barrel and action, and they apply to the gun as a whole not the lower by itself.
https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.41.010
(33) "Undetectable firearm" means any firearm that is not as detectable as 3.7 ounces of 17-4 PH stainless steel by walk-through metal detectors or magnetometers commonly used at airports or any firearm where the barrel, the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the part when examined by the types of X-ray machines commonly used at airports.
(11) "Firearm" means a weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder. "Firearm" does not include a flare gun or other pyrotechnic visual distress signaling device, or a powder-actuated tool or other device designed solely to be used for construction purposes.
(12) "Gun" has the same meaning as firearm.
This attorney breaks it down further:
Undetectable Firearms and 3D Printing
Special Guest Author – Rick Vasquez of Rick Vasquez Firearms LLC and former ATF Acting Chief of the Firearms Technology Branch If you had zero knowledge of firearms as many talking heads on t…
blog.princelaw.com
The undetectable statute is listed in its' entirety below but for comparison to the definition of a firearm receiver already in the Gun Control Act, the pertinent parts are here: Title 18, U.S.C., Chapter 44, Section 922 (p)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm–
(A) that, after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines, is not as
detectable as the Security Exemplar, by walk-through metal detectors calibrated and operated to detect the Security Exemplar; or
(B) any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. Barium sulfate or other compounds may be used in the fabrication of the component.
(2) For purposes of this subsection –
(A) the term "firearm" does not include the frame or receiver of any such weapon;
(B) the term "major component" means, with respect to a firearm, the barrel, the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm; and …
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