ATF Question

If this information on this thread is to imply that screwing on a barrel to any gun (even if that barrel is same or different length than the original configuration) is "making" a gun; that is incorrect. Any individual can re-configure any weapon within the bounds of the NFA rules and regulations regarding pistols, rifles and bbl lengths without paying any 'tax'. "Making" a gun is the process of fabricating the receiver from steel billet, castings or whatever. Assembly of prior manufactured recievers is not controlled within the definition of "Making Firearms". This interpretation has been the case since inception of the NFA in 1935, with the various mnodifications thereto, and supported in the courts.