IF you have applied for a NFA tax stamp, no problem
Any way you cut it, if the barrels were unrifled and under 18", they were NFA items. Calling them pistols changes nothing from a legal standpoint since smoothbore pistols are essentially either short-barreled shotguns or "any other weapons" from an NFA perspective and either would require an NFA tax stamp.The guy said; "No, these are considered & sold as pistols."
That's a good point. One must comply with both state and federal laws.I know about the tax stamp thing, but am not sure that even if you pay it to the Feds you aren't running afoul of state law, if there be one.
I never looked into it but, it made me curious: Why does one need a "tax stamp" to get a shorter barreled shotgun?
The National Firearms Act (NFA), 72nd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, enacted on June 26, 1934, currently codified as amended as I.R.C. ch. 53, is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The Act was passed shortly after the repeal of Prohibition. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the Federal firearms laws. The Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") is Title I.