Wonder if this could work. I guess firearms manufactures would need to open a 'plant' in each state to be exempt in that state.
The part needed to be made in the state would be the one with the serial number as it is the 'gun'. Other parts could be made elsewhere and shipped in for assembly.
Question I have is how much of the finishing of, say, a AR lower or a revolver frame can be done before it becomes a gun? Could it be cast or forged then shipped? Or could it also gave some of the machining done first? And if so how much? Looking to determine how little tooling would be needed in each state for it to be considered to have been made in state.
The bill reads: “No public servant as defined in W.S. 6-5-101, or dealer selling any firearm in this state shall enforce or attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.”http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/wyoming-considers-gun-freedom-bill.htmlMight also cause the development of a new business model.
Sellers of ARs, for instance, might pool resources and create a single high quality lower manufacturing plant in each state and then produce the uppers etc. where ever they were established and ship everything else to the state to be assembled.