April 8th is the birthday of the late Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia. (Born, 1919, died November 20, 2007.)
April 8th is also the anniversary of the death of English experimental gunsmith and author Phillip Luty, in 2011. He was hounded by British authorities for many years. He died of cancer before a scheduled criminal trial.
Many of Luty’s books are available as pdf files. Everyone should have a copy of these, as one day they may disappear from the inter-webs …deemed too dangerous or politically incorrect by the Thought Police.
His main title was, “Expedient Homemade Firearms, The 9mm Submachine Gun. ”
WARNING: Be aware that while you are legally allowed to make or build your own firearm, it is still illegal to build a full auto firearm (or one that fires from an open bolt).
However, he did publish a semi-auto version of the above title (Semi Auto BSP-SMG).
See, www (dot) thehomegunsmith (dot) com