Legal Issues with AR-7?

[GettoPhilosopher]

Hi,

Quick question....does anything change legally with the AR7/Henry Survival Rifle being *disassembled* vs. assembled? Do any of the laws affect carry/transport/etc differently if it's "parts of a firearm inside a stock" vs. "an assembled firearm"?

[Quiet]

Nothing changes.

[bohoki]

ive often wondered if it was illegal to attach the barrel before the stock cause for a few seconds you have created a firearm from a rifle that is less than 26 oal

[BHP FAN]

isn't it just ''parts'' unless it's assembled?It cant be fired when its stowed in it's stock, so why couldn't it be stowed under the seat of a jeep, or a canoe? How can it be a concealed weapon disassembled?

[woodey]

isn't it just ''parts'' unless it's assembled?It cant be fired when its stowed in it's stock, so why couldn't it be stowed under the seat of a jeep, or a canoe? How can it be a concealed weapon disassembled?

Great question, just like having a 100% stripped receiver. Would that be a concealed fire arm if thats all you had?

[BHP FAN]

Seems to me it would be just the same. you can't fire it, even unstowed, there's no chamber, barrel, or grip, until it's assembled.

[GettoPhilosopher]

That's what I'm wondering about. I'd love to throw one (disassembled) in my backpack while hiking, or in the back seat if I were driving out in the boonies or something in that ballpark, and it *seems* like as it's not a functioning firearm unless/until assembled, it wouldn't need to be locked up.

Then again, our gun laws aren't all that rational, and I don't want to be a test case over a .22.

[DippyPower]

The problem I see is with the magazine storage. I would definitely not keep a loaded magazine in the receiver when it is disassembled. I would also be leery of keeping the magazines loaded in the stock. I think there is case law about shells in a shell holder on a shotgun as not being a loaded shotgun, but I am not a lawyer so I have no idea how a court would react to loaded mags in the stock.

[BHP FAN]

Simple enough, don't load the mags, and keep the .22's in the glove box locked up in case of earthquake or other emergency.