Member-Deleted wrote:It appears it is aimed at crims who manufacture guns on the sly, and not licenced LAFOs who are modifying an existing licenced firearm, so I wouldn't be too concerned about swapping in a Timney trigger - rerplacement of an existing part with another part you purchased is not manufacturing.
Attitudes like this are the reason legislators are able to implement these terrible, poorly defined, dragnet laws that criminalize the normal activities of large numbers of law abiding citizens as a side effect of enabling easy prosecution of small numbers of criminals.
Are you really OK with laws that technically make every day activities of firearm owners into offences that carry multi-decade prison sentences as possible punishments.
Some of the things that people are worried about with the proposed amendment are already reality in NSW. Section 50A of the
Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) creates the offence of unathorised manufacture of firearms. That section states that 'manufacture' of firearms includes "assemble a firearm from firearm parts". The definition of 'firearm part' in the Act includes, amongst other things, 'barrel', 'receiver', 'trigger mechanism', 'pistol slide' and 'frame'.
Anyone who assembles a semi-automatic pistol after disassembling it for cleaning or maintenance is technically committing an offence punishable by a maximum of 20 years imprisonment.
Anyone who changes the barrel on a CZ 455/457 in accordance with the user manual is technically committing an offence punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.
Are people really OK with this just because they know the laws were enacted to target real criminals and they are unlikely to be charged?