Why this thread?
After pawing through the NY weapons laws, turns out that slug guns (shotguns originally manufactured with rifled barrels (stupid yet important legal point!)) are completely legal to carry _anywhere_ in New York State, including New York City (federal facilities and airport terminals excepted).
To reach that conclusion, I've written a lengthy anal-retentive legal analysis and posted it at
The New York Special Gun.
The only serious catch with this novel discovery is that it is a misdemeanor to possess slug/ball shotgun ammo (even without a gun!) in fields/forests during deer season without a deer/bear permit. (A minor catch is that the gun must be unloaded when in a motor vehicle.)
My original question stems from wanting to keep a gun in the car at all times for basic preparedness reasons, and don't want to have to worry about all the restricted zones - zones where slug guns are oddly legal. I'd like to keep the sling stuffed with non-slug/ball ammo, yet ammo still practically usable in a rifled bore, for when I spontainiously grab a loaded backpack (with gun) from the trunk and take off into the woods, without worrying about ammo legalities during deer season.
The 100-yard requirement covers general-purpose, most-situations (fields included) concerns. Possibility is taking the gun on a spontanious hike, where defensive needs may exceed normal room-sized distances.
So, given that slug guns are unregulated in NY, and that slug/ball ammo is verboten at arbitrary times & locations, what slug gun ammo is suitable for general-purpose defense up to 100 yards?
[This message has been edited by ctdonath (edited October 11, 2000).]