So, we're all familiar with the non-shotgun "firearms" that shoot shotgun shells.
THey're not shotguns because they never had a buttstock on them, so they weren't built to be fired from the shoulder.
They're not pistols, because pistols must have a rifled bore AND must be designed to be fired one-handed.
They're too long to be an AOW, because the law says an AOW has to be concealable, and ATF's regs say that if a gun is at least 26" long, it's presumed non-concealable (unless they catch you actually concealing it).
WITH ALL THAT IN MIND...
WHY DOESN'T THE SAME LOGIC APPLY TO "firearms" WITH RIFLED BARRELS, chambered in rifle-caliber cartridges, No shoulder stock, AND a vertical fore-grip or other factory-supplied device that shows it to be a two-handed firearm? When such a weapon is over 26" long, why couldn't the barrel be short-- like those raptor-type shotguns with their 14" barrels?
Again, it would be built as a two-handed gun, with two pistol grips, but the back one angled backward enough to make the OAL measurement a tad over 26 inches.
WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN DONE YET? Is there any definition of any of these key terms in the federal gun laws, or published regulations and opinions by ATF, that prohibit it?
THey're not shotguns because they never had a buttstock on them, so they weren't built to be fired from the shoulder.
They're not pistols, because pistols must have a rifled bore AND must be designed to be fired one-handed.
They're too long to be an AOW, because the law says an AOW has to be concealable, and ATF's regs say that if a gun is at least 26" long, it's presumed non-concealable (unless they catch you actually concealing it).
WITH ALL THAT IN MIND...
WHY DOESN'T THE SAME LOGIC APPLY TO "firearms" WITH RIFLED BARRELS, chambered in rifle-caliber cartridges, No shoulder stock, AND a vertical fore-grip or other factory-supplied device that shows it to be a two-handed firearm? When such a weapon is over 26" long, why couldn't the barrel be short-- like those raptor-type shotguns with their 14" barrels?
Again, it would be built as a two-handed gun, with two pistol grips, but the back one angled backward enough to make the OAL measurement a tad over 26 inches.
WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN DONE YET? Is there any definition of any of these key terms in the federal gun laws, or published regulations and opinions by ATF, that prohibit it?
