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Tough Question for you all...
steeltoe1978
Member Posts: 3,248
Ok, if you go to the sporting goods store and buy a .410 double barrel shotgun and saw off the stock and cut down the barrel so that the whole thing has an OVERALL length of 14", it's illegal right?
Well then explain the difference between that and this (upper left corner):
http://www.gunsnstuff.net/FAC/012.asp
Well then explain the difference between that and this (upper left corner):
http://www.gunsnstuff.net/FAC/012.asp
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It's a Pistol, not a Rifle.
So if they call it a rifle it's illegal and if they call it a pistol it's not? If you followed my steps above you would get something that looks almost exactly like what is for sale here. By the way, I'm just trying to point out how stupid laws are... which most of us agree.
You can cut the .410 down if you want. But the barrels can't be under 18" and the overall length has to be at least 26". If it does not meet those two minimum dimensions it is an illegal shotgun.
That's my point! This thing for sale is only ***14 inches*** overall length.
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The other has to be "altered" to the size you are referring to. Not legal.
The fact that you are "altering" it, is what is not legal.
Make sense, NO the end result is the same. Just another stupid law.
The gene pool needs chlorine.
If the barrels are rifled,which they are on the gun in the add,it is legal at any length and is considered to be a pistol.If they're not rifled,then it's a shotgun and the bbl.length can't be less than 18" and overall length is a minimum of 26".
BW
IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
925 nailed it.
If the barrels are rifled,which they are on the gun in the add,it is legal at any length and is considered to be a pistol.
So what you're saying is that all rifles are actually pistols since they have rifled barrels?! If that's the case, then why can't you buy a Ruger 10/22 and chop it down to the size of a Ruger Mark II pistol. After all, they both have rifled barrels...(see where I'm going with this... this is why gun laws don't really make any sense!!) [xx(]
quote:Originally posted by BOBBYWINS
925 nailed it.
If the barrels are rifled,which they are on the gun in the add,it is legal at any length and is considered to be a pistol.
So what you're saying is that all rifles are actually pistols since they have rifled barrels?! If that's the case, then why can't you buy a Ruger 10/22 and chop it down to the size of a Ruger Mark II pistol. After all, they both have rifled barrels...(see where I'm going with this... this is why gun laws don't really make any sense!!) [xx(]
As stupid as the laws are, You cannot convert a rifle into a pistol.
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