Yeah, did you ? ATF is re-evaluating the definition of "handgun" for the purposes of import determinations under the Gun Control Act of 1968 that has nothing to do with domestically produced pistols or pistols which have already been imported.Originally Posted by ReverendMeat
Maybe it's good news that smartphones keep getting bigger then. We've been a nation of sissies for far too long
If they re-interpret the GCA's definition of handgun how does that not effect domestically produced handguns as well? Or is "handgun" a definition specific only to importations?
"Customer is very particular" -- SIG Sauer
Well, the earlier cell phones that actually worked well were called bag phones and brick phones and werent light. Maybe the trend is swinging back. I like my little one that fits in a shirt pocket and has a keyboard that slides out the side to text. Most people now laugh at it or think its cute.Maybe it's good news that smartphones keep getting bigger then. We've been a nation of sissies for far too long
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Wow. Given the number of times this has come up I'm surprised at these type statements.
You need to think legally, and historically, not logically.
Legally any handgun, modern or otherwise is designed to be fired single handed. If it was designed to be fired with two hands it would be an AOW.
TLDR under the NFA, since 1934 guns without stocks "designed to be fired with two hands" would have been defined as AOWs. There was a compromise incorporated at the behest of the NRA to define this as guns with two separate pistol grips because otherwise the original NFA bill would have made "regular" pistols and revolvers NFA items.
Technically shooting your CZ with two hands on the single pistol grip is the equivalent of shouldering a SIG brace.
LOL. You got me there. But, actually that is super interesting. Thanks for posting.
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"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Maybe read the statute ? and accompanying Code of Federal Regulations......
The GCA of '68's definition of handguns only applies to imports. The so-called "sporting purposes test" and ATF import point system etc all derive from the GCA/68 import regulations.
Originally it was targeted at small, cheap "Saturday Night Specials" which is why things like Glock 380s, PPKs etc could no longer be imported. Same reason Glocks originally all came in with Glocks disposable "adjustable" rear sight or G19s and G26s came with grooved triggers, they were "Target shooting" features that gave additional points under the ATF's GCA/68 scoring system towards being rated as "sporting guns."
Words in federal statutes have the meaning assigned them in the particular statute. This is why, for example, the definition of a "firearm" in Title 18 U.S. Code is different from the definition of "firearm" in Title 26 U.S. Code.
I guess I'm a sissy then, because in my view, anything bigger than an iPhone 7 is already too big for a pocket, and I do not need to be one of those people with a belt-mounted phone holster.Maybe it's good news that smartphones keep getting bigger then. We've been a nation of sissies for far too long
Indeed, I'm actually still on the old iPhone SE which is nothing more than an iPhone 5 LOL.
If anyone deserved to be taken out by an NRA hit squad for spreading misinformation it is the drama queen MAC and his cunt sidekick at Guns and Gadgets.
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