Law Enforcement to CA Sen. de León: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Matt, from The Bang Switch, is a law enforcement officer. He also recently penned this open letter to California Senator Kevin de Leόn (D-Los Angeles, 22nd Senate District), an except from which follows:
I am a full-time deputy sheriff and have been so employed for 17 years. I am a court recognized firearms expert, a lifelong shooting sports enthusiast and in my spare time, I write firearms and firearm related gear reviews for several media outlets, both online and print.
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You assert that assembling a complete, functioning AR-15 from a legally purchased 80% lower is a simple task. I myself have completed that task, but I am not the average American. I have a well-equipped shop with all the necessary machinery, and the knowledge to use that machinery, in order to complete the lower receiver. You make it seem that any fool with a drill press can complete the task, which is a vast oversimplification.
I challenge you sir, to put your money where your mouth is so to speak. Show me how easily, you personally, can complete the machine work on that raw lower receiver forging you held up, and assemble a working AR-15.
The incident in Santa Monica that you mention, while tragic, is not evidence of any great crime streak or rising criminal trend in which “Ghost Guns” are being employed. To my knowledge, that is the only incident the State of CA has experienced where a firearm built on an 80% lower was employed to commit a homicide. Please, correct me if I am wrong on that matter.
Be sure to check out what all the fuss is about on
our “de León Watch: The Best of California Senator Kevin de Leόn” page at
http://www.firearmspolicy.org/2014/01/de-leon-watch-the-best-of-california-senator-kevin-de-leon.
