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Re:The guy making it easy to 3D print yourself a real gun by Crito on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @07:32PM (#9188187)
According to wikipedia, Cody Wilson has a Type 7 FFL. If he then acquired Class 2 SOT status, he personally would be able to manufacture his own machine guns (but not transfer ownership of them to the general public).

According to this article from March 2013 (http://www.solidsmack.com/cad-design-news/click-print-gun-wa...), he was seeking Class 2 SOT status at the time and anticipated getting it in early April 2013. I don't know what the outcome of that was.

However considering journalists' reputations for gun knowledge, I am skeptical as well. (I'm also not an expert on gun law, so anyone please correct me if I am mistaken.)

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Re:The guy making it easy to 3D print yourself a real gun by jboggan on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @07:56PM (#9188311)
That is a very helpful clarification - I was aware of this tax exemption but didn't realize that Wilson was jumping through the hoops to obtain one. That's something that would be rather germane to the article, especially dramatically opening with a "university dropout" showing off the "M-16" he manufactured. If Wilson has the special occupational taxpayer status then that makes the article even more misrepresentative.
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