For 30 years. i don t think ited markey kn you could legally make a gun until last week. this is their discovery that it s been legal to make a gun for yourself.i m sorry you just found that out. okay, but you should have made a law. make it illegal to make guns in this country. chris: they did make an undetectable firearms act that passed 30 years ago. it s legal to make a gun if you include a requisite amount of metal. that s why i m not in jail. my principal guns have the required amount of metal. maybe even that type of law ultimately couldn t survive second amendment scrutiny but i m not here to argue for or against our security norms. i m arguing that what i want in court was the right, not just singularly but all americans