UnbearablePanda
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In washington, I already know that short barreled rifles are illegal to use/ have on a gun. Can you own one legally without attaching it to the rifle? Just to have in a safe?
Until a barrel is attached to a rifle, it's just a piece of pipe.
It gets tricky when you get into this territory, so make sure you know the laws better than from internet advise or you can end up in jail.
Brian Pfleuger said:That's true and for a long time the ATF was very unreasonable about that issue.
Now, it seems, they have backed off and only consider "constructive possesion" if the restricted device is the only possible build.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=2011-4&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atf.gov%2Fregulations-rulings%2Frulings%2Fatf-rulings%2Fatf-ruling-2011-4.pdf&ei=uNLbT8m1M6WX6AHlvJyqCw&usg=AFQjCNFZ4aXYua46BSWA6HIyMcRWOntPeQ&cad=rja
The laws in Washington for firearms are quite...... Lets say interesting, "One may possess a firearm suppressor, but you may not use it."