The "lower" is the receiver plus some critical hardware like the trigger group and magazine retention.

A firearm's receiver is the foundation to which all other parts attach. According to the federal government, for most practical purposes the receiver is the firearm no matter how many parts you've changed or tweaks you've made. If you buy an AK-47 minus the receiver, what you'll get is a barrel, stock, gas piston, bolt, etc etc, a whole AK-47 in pieces, but nothing to actually put it all into: thus making it a box of replacement parts rather than a firearm. Big loophole.

This is also the reason why Tolly is looking to buy up spare lowers: if the AR-15 is banned as an "assault weapon", nobody will be making new receivers/lowers because the receiver is the firearm according to the feds. But "replacement" furniture and barrels and everything else you need to finish the rifle is a different matter.

I have a few but I got them before Obama was elected.

I seriously don't think there will be another AWB. The democrats are in a good position right now, they are not going to let a ban destory their seats like it did on the last AWB.

If it does sometime in the coming years I'll still have enough "collection" to get me around.

as for the PMAGs...well you can never have enough! 50 mags are nothing when you have 250, 250 are nothing when you have over 500... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I've been buying a couple of boxes every two weeks.

I don't think one will happen right away, I think Obama will hold true to working on the economy but I can almost guarantee you there will be one before he is done. Somthing is bound to happen, either another school shooting (God forbid) or something and the next thing you know another AWB will be in place. I will say that the one thing possitive about living in California is that I am used to living with an AWB so it really shouldn't affect me too much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/loopy.gif" alt="" />

I agree, I think Obama has way too much on his plate right now and if anything happens it will not be for a while. Besides, I'm still convinced that the majority of the hype comes from gun dealers themselves to help boost sales. I say this of course only after i bought into the hype myself.

Well I don't know if I would say it is buying into the hype more than a justification to make another purchase. "Honey, I really need to buy this gun now babe before they ban it, pleaseeeeeeee" and us as comsumers find confort in that justification, I mean I don't need another gun, I want one, so by me telling myself that I better get it now or else helps me justify spending the money <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well said Sir

why thank you, at least that type of thinking helps put my mind at ease <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Not really, but I did score a 30 round mag for my M1A at a recent gun show. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I learned my lesson from the Clinton AWB. As soon as it sunset I made a commitment to aquire the equipment I would need to handle about any emergency/disaster, natural or manmade that would come along. That's whay I'm here. After evaluating my equipment I relized I was lacking in high quality knives. I've spent the last year and half to two years correcting that.

I'm in great shape on knives now <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. Problem is Dan keeps building knives I think need to be added to the list.

That was pretty much how it started for me, I just can't seem to stop it now <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />but then I really don't want to <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I know what you mean SB. What should have been a three knife purchase has turned into 1 Busse Combat, 2 Swamprats and 8 Scrapyards <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />, and I'm sure Dan will offer something else in the near future that I won't be able to say no to.