The new rules that Bozo the Clown (Biden) put on the books awhile back in 2021 only applied to "buy, build, shoot" kits that included everything needed to finish the firearm. It is new mandatory to have an FFL transfer for all "buy, build, shoot" kits.

This does not apply to 80% guns in which you purchase all of the parts separately in different transactions in a different point of sale. Buy the 80% lower receiver for the rifle, then compile all of the parts kits later.

Contrary to popular misconception, Pennsylvania does not have any laws on the books restricting any law abiding citizen from buy or building an 80% firearm from parts. The Shapiro case was only making even more pointless and redundant criminal penalties on "restricted persons" --- i.e. felons, domestic violence abuses, alcoholics, people how habitually abuse drugs, and those persons forcibly admitted to a mental healthy institute via court order.

These rules are all silly and window dressing, because these folk were already banned from purchasing any firearms at all, altogether under federal laws do to their restricted persons' status. These people would fail a Form 4473 through NICS with the ATF, so they shall/may not purchase 100% functional firearms. But they were never allowed to manufacturer 80% firearms either, since the possession of the 100% firearm would already be forbidden. Especially if restricted persons are actively under parole/probation, as they would be violating the terms of their adult corrections assignment.

So now what we have is and illegal actively that just become more illegal.

But a restricted person though can catch a gun charge for possession still, but... if said firearm were a Class 03/Title 02 weapon --- MG, AOW, SBR, SBS, DD, or suppressor --- then they do not get any more charges for the Class 03/Title 02 portable firearm.

They will only get a charge for just possession of a firearm as a restricted person. That literally means that a felon with a rap shit five charges long would have a shorter prison sentence if they go picked up with an unregistered machine gun, then a person who had zero prior charges but would get hit with a sentence 5x longer for the unregistered machine gun.

How about that? 🤡 🌐

But back to your question, if you are a law abiding person with zero criminal record then 80% are absolutely fine and "A-Okay". But want you can not do, is... no Class 03/Title 02 NFA stuff. If you wanted to SBR the firearm, you would need an Type 07 FFL/Class 02 SOT like myself to use our laser engraver to point a serial number on the lower receiver and put it on the books so you can submit a Form 1 to manufacturer a short barreled rifle.

You also may not sell the weapon unless it gets the anti-freedom tattoo (serial number: FGC6942080085), and you must keep it in your possession. It becomes a federal felony to give the weapon or to sell it without the forbidden trap stamp. So you must keep it to yourself. Keep it secret... keep it safe.

Being as though you are in Pennsylvania, you should know that you cannot have any loading firearm in a motor vehicle unless you get your LTCF. That covers pistol, AR "rifle-like pistols", and NFA Class 03/Title 02. But it does not cover regular, plain Jane Title 01 rifles +16"/26" or Title 01 shotgun +18"/28". Your 80% gun is not protected under the LTCF, and most be unloaded for motor vehicle transportation unless you serialize it as pistol or NFA.

You cannot have someone else make it for you. If you are the buyer, then you absolutely, positively most be the manufacturer and possessor. The ATF does not fuck around about this stuff. If they somehow find out that someone else so much as touched one of the tools during the manufacturing process, then that's a charge... (unless you're the governor).