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Originally Posted by General Geoff
The paperwork is merely a record of sale that the PSP maintains in a semi-legal database. It is not considered a registry because handguns which are brought into the state by new PA residents, as well as handguns which were purchased before the database was established, are not included in the database. As such, they also cannot legally use the database as a registry (they can't confiscate your weapon just because the serial number is not recorded in their database as transferred to you).
Sure, if you really want. I wouldn't bother though, I'd just keep the lower OR build a rifle out of it, and trade someone else for a similar AR. No PSP sales record/FFL transfer requirements for rifles.
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Ahh but see, this is where things could get a little fuzzy. Lets say for example that you build the lower into a rifle. Then a month / year later you decide to sell it as complete rifle FTF. The buyer then sells it to someone else who uses it in a crime. They track back the serial number (that registered it as a pistol). They find you and arrest you for selling a
handgun without going through the proper transfer at an FFL. So, even though you built it into a rifle, they have it in the non data base as a pistol - then what do you do? In my opinion, it forces you to sell it through an FFL and do the pistol paperwork again even though it is a complete rifle. Will the FFL even do the pistol paperwork since it is a rifle? You start getting into a grey area and this allows the PSP to make the rules up as they go.