I absolutely agree that if the fun of building a machine gun at home comes with being the roomie of a large man with tattoos I would just go back to watching the NY Giants football. Consult "a" lawyer should be consult a couple of lawyers! But that being said I found the case I referenced on another forum. This is the one from just a couple of years ago that I was thinking about...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102402&highlight=circuit+and+machine
You can see from the thread that this discussion was all pre-Heller. Only a lawyer could figure out what the final call was...
This and the other thread I posted were NOT specifically directed toward building "machine guns". As I said, I got side tracked reading about Mr. Lundy's parole problems and neglected to check WHAT he was building. The other thread has instructions on MACHINING from scratch, your own receivers for 1911, AR's 15 and 10, and other perfectly legal firearms.
Personally I've always thought it would be cool to have a series of firearms that I could point to and say "Yes , I built those".
Then your venison stew really IS from scratch !
(except for breeding the deer )
While others DEFINITELY disagree with with me, I've long felt that full auto ownership was too expensive in ammo, and aggravation for something that in civilian hands is really no more than a toy. I'm not talking about throwing them under the "gun control" bus here, most of you are aware of my no compromise attitude toward the 2nd A, but really, from a working man's perspective what are you going to do with it ? 650 rounds per minute equals 32 1/2 boxes of ammo, There goes the mortgage payment
Home defense ? Any anti gun Prosecutor that got his hands on that would have a.. let's just say he would be VERY VERY happy
Hunting ? with a SMG, BAR, or belt fed ? Hope you like hamburg.
As for the last 2 weight is also a factor. No, My OPINION is that I would prefer to spend my limited funds and energies on something I can use for multiple purposes, and actually AFFORD to shoot, not something that will sit in the safe until TEOTWAWKI.
I know some of you are in a financial position that allows other opinions. Congrats to you and if we meet at the range I will probably ask to take some pictures.