The intent thing is tricky. If you have other rifles with removable stocks then just having the short barrel in possession could be construed on the extreme end as intent.
Which is why I was wondering what folks use to do before braces were a thing they could slap on while waiting for approval.
I can tell you what they did. They held the parts until they were approved lol and then stuck them on there. Now some people would go to the extremes of keeping stuff in separate locations until they were approved but I think that’s kind of extreme. I guess in the past you got the benefit of the doubt as long as you Didnt have the parts mated up. But now it seems if you have them you show intent on marrying them approved or not and therefore fall under the whole we got you now language.
Personally, I think it’s all bullshit. When we start prosecuting and holding real criminals, punishing illegals for you know doing illegal shit instead of buying them houses and giving them money, actually going after people that have left/lost real weapons of war to the enemy and on and on, then we can talk about the stupid braces and bullshit. Otherwise I think many people are going to say fuck off. Or those people are all lying their ass off and will be quick to comply. I don’t know which. But I can say that from putting my finger on the pulse of the community, it appears that people that have always followed the rules are getting tired of playing games. It’s stupid. Make a damn decision that is black and white, doesn’t require 292 pages to explain and then keep the decision. It really is quite simple. And they wonder why the sentiment for distrusting anyone in gov is growing. Seems pretty clear for most people.
I will add that, I think if people trusted the government these days and they show some real character that they actually cared/represented their people etc. to build a little trust, then I suspect nobody would have any issue registering their stuff..you cannot condemn/punish the whole of society because of a few bad apples, yet that seems to be exactly what they are doing and then get mad when society turns and does the same against them. There will always be people that do real punishable shit, like smuggle arms, people, drugs, whatever across the border, you know real criminal shit, but that’s what makes them criminals.
To be honest tho, none of this is easy from either side of things.
