Dr. Strangelove
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After reading the "Legality of a Removable Rifle Stock on a Pistol?" http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3523311#post3523311 thread, I'm just confused. Why does it make any difference whether or not someone puts a stock on a pistol? It doesn't make it any more powerful or into an automatic weapon, it just makes it..... longer.
So I could get a pistol with a 24" barrel in a rifle cartridge if I wanted to convince someone to build it, but not a rifle with a 10" barrel in a pistol cartridge? What? What sense does that make?
The Taurus Judge™, is ok as a pistol that fires shotgun rounds, but I couldn't attach a stock to it or have a normal shotgun with the same barrel length as the pistol? Again, what?
This actually is a serious question for you NFA types, why do these laws make sense? What difference does it make how long a barrel is or if I put a stock on something or not? A firearm is a firearm, in my eyes.
Since I'm currently looking for a job anyway, maybe I should go to work for the BATF and get this craziness straightened out!
So I could get a pistol with a 24" barrel in a rifle cartridge if I wanted to convince someone to build it, but not a rifle with a 10" barrel in a pistol cartridge? What? What sense does that make?
The Taurus Judge™, is ok as a pistol that fires shotgun rounds, but I couldn't attach a stock to it or have a normal shotgun with the same barrel length as the pistol? Again, what?
This actually is a serious question for you NFA types, why do these laws make sense? What difference does it make how long a barrel is or if I put a stock on something or not? A firearm is a firearm, in my eyes.
Since I'm currently looking for a job anyway, maybe I should go to work for the BATF and get this craziness straightened out!