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Know what I did? I went trying to find a case which matches what you described...

Dude admits to undercover cop that selling his home made gun is not legal, and even tells cop how to claim to police that the cop made it himself. That's some nice mens rea for you right there:
https://www.fredericknewspost....

Building SBRs & supressors without first aquiring tax stamps is a big no no: http://gunsandrifles.com/2018/...

Dude sells multiple undercover agents, sure doesn't sound like soly building them for personal use, then sometime later opting to sell them: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2...

Manufacturing machineguns at home is generally illegal, especially when the person involved doesn't have the right FFL: https://www.usatoday.com/story...

Not US based, but advertizing ones manufacturered guns for sale, not smart: https://www.illawarramercury.c...

From the UK, making bullets at home and supplying them and illegal firearms to gangs isn't exactly a way to appear innocent: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

The one case which I do recall, is this one: https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

In many jurisdictions, rolled tobacco is taxed at a different rate as loose tobacco, similarrly, ground cofee when compared to whole beans. To skirt these taxes, some places will sell you the raw products, let you put it into a machine and out comes your less taxed result.

It's a clever and legal loophole, until the politicans close it: https://lacrossetribune.com/ne...

This last case is similar, in that it's in a gray area. Technically it's the 'buyer' who is actually manufacturing the firearm, however it seems pretty clear what the guy's game was, and depending on the degree of assistance he provided (setup for instance), he could be said to be part of the manufacturing process. Of course, he plead guilty (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/dr-death-pleads-guilty-to-making-selling-ar-15-rifle-components/) and reading some of how he was doing it, it's pretty clear he had little case.

Care to cite a single case which matches the description you made of a jury not believing them, that they built something for personal use and then later transferred it?

Why yes, it is the same Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter as in that.

Wait...is that the same Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter as this Kirby Delauter?

The newspaper in question beat you to the punch. They published an editorial over the whole ordeal, appropriately titled, "Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter". The first letter of each paragraph in the editorial can even be put together to spell out his name.

They ran an editorial about it:

he who shall be named repeatedly

The newspaper-in-question's response is a great read (note the first letter of each paragraph too): http://www.fredericknewspost.c...

Why is some local county councilman being stupid news?
Do get elected to such a position you have to get what? About 100 people to vote for you? Even less depending on the county. lol

The funniest part was left out of the summary... the following day the papers lead article was titled:

"Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delaute"

http://m.fredericknewspost.com...

Fort Detrick disease samples may be missing
Originally published April 22, 2009
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=89293
Army criminal investigators are looking into the possibility that disease samples are missing from biolabs at Fort Detrick.
As first reported in today's edition of The Frederick News-Post by columnist Katherine Heerbrandt, the investigators are from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division unit at Fort Meade.
Chad Jones, spokesman for Fort Meade, said CID is investigating the possibility of missing virus samples from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
He said the only other detail he could provide is that the investigation is ongoing.
Fort Detrick does not have its own CID office, Jones said, which is why Fort Meade's CID was brought in.
Jones said he could not comment on when the investigation started.
CID is responsible for investigating crimes where the Army is, or may be, a party of interest, according to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command website.
USAMRIID is the Army's top biodefense lab, where researchers study pathogens including Ebola, anthrax and plague.
In February, USAMRIID halted all its research into these and other diseases, known as "select agents" following the discovery of virus samples that weren't listed in its inventory.
The institute's commander, Col. John Skvorak, ordered research halted while workers conducted a complete inventory of the institute's select agents.
That inventory is nearly completed, though the exact end date isn't known yet, said Caree Vander Linden, USAMRIID spokeswoman.
Vander Linden said she didn't know about the CID investigation and referred questions to the CID's head public affairs office.
There is no indication whether the CID investigation is connected to USAMRIID's re-inventorying of its select agent stocks.

Religion.

It was originally assumed that 9/11 and the anthrax mailings are related to each other. And indeed: both were committed by religious zealots. Ivins was a conservative Catholic crank (as you can see e.g. from his letters to the editors of The Frederick News) who sent the anthrax letters to pro-choice senators. These horrendous acts were not only committed by religious zealots, but were also committed due to their stupid factual beliefs and unacceptable morals.

It's time that people of minimal intelligence open upen up their eyes to the facts and stop maintaining silence whenever they hear people of faith spill their speeches.

just a repost of the link: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/01/anthrax/

What's really interesting is the link between Ivins and his strong christian / anti-islamic beliefs that they outline via the letters to the editor he sent in to the Fredrick News Post. http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=78274

Yeah, that's why the kids are lining up to play Ms. Pac Man, while Dance Dance Revolution stands idle in the corner, and everyone ignores Silent Scope 2 because they can play Battlezone instead.