Can you gift an AR lower in PA?

[JDA58]

Wish someone would Gift me a stripped lower!!!!

[Grey Bearded One]

Wish someone would Gift me a stripped lower!!!!

I would rather that someone gave me one.

[Delkal]

No, the recipient could make a pistol from the stripped lower.

Would he have to get it added to the Pa "registry"?

[SgtRecon]

I want some one to gift me a low stripper

[Emptymag]

No, the recipient could make a pistol from the stripped lower.

Is there a thread, or other such source of reliable info that can clarify this?
I was thinking of starting a thread to ask, but I know it's been discussed - just haven't found exactly where.

I haz a stripped lower purchased FTF that was never assembled into anything. Bought new by previous owner, sat on shelf until sold to me.
I was pondering doing a pistol build, but don't want to spend money on another lower if I can use the one I already have.

[knight0334]

When you say an AR lower is not a "firearm", you mean to say it is a long rifle?

To federal law it is a "firearm". However, federal law doesn't govern intra-state transfers. So, PA law is the rule to follow. And since PA law does not consider a bare AR15 receiver as a "firearm" to non-prohibited people - it is open to sale just like any other unregulated object(to non-prohibited people).

[knight0334]

Would he have to get it added to the Pa "registry"?

No. Only private transfers of "firearms" have to go through a FFL or sheriff. In a bare build-state, it is not a "firearm".

If you build a handgun out of a bare receiver after it has been transferred to you, you do not have to "get it registered". However, should you transfer that assembled AR pistol - normal transfer requirements would prevail.

[TooBigToFit]

Yes.

A bare AR lower is not a "firearm" to non-prohibited people in PA - it can be bought, sold, traded, gifted, etc between non-prohibited people just as if it were a coffee table.

So the other question is...

Do people actually gift each other coffee tables?

[Statkowski]

So the other question is...

Do people actually gift each other coffee tables?

Well, I had an excess coffee table, so I set it out next to the roadway with a "FREE" sign on it. It was gone withing two hours.

[knight0334]

So the other question is...

Do people actually gift each other coffee tables?

Yes, that is how I have mine.