Anyone been following this story?

[North86]

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/05/short-12-ga-firearms-proliferate.html

A major controversy during the NRA Annual Meeting was the regulatory box the ATF had constructed for themselves with regulatory letters and the law. I was surprised to learn that firearms that fired shotgun shells with a bore of more than .5 inches, and a barrel length less than 18 inches, could legally be purchased and possessed without all the complex regulatory burden and $200 tax required by the National Firearms Act, the Gun Control Act of 1968, and all the following changes.

As far as I can tell, we in CA are still subject to an 18" barrel length. Am I reading this correctly?

[Merc1138]

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/05...oliferate.html



As far as I can tell, we in CA are still subject to an 18" barrel length. Am I reading this correctly?

Yes, you're reading it correctly, and it doesn't do us any good in CA.

http://shockwavetechnologies.com/site/?page_id=88

A manufacturer can make a shotgun receiver, never attach a buttstock, install a barrel shorter than 18", along with a pistol grip and yes it's legal as long as the OAL is over 26".

The reason for this, is that the ATF has strict definitions of what a shotgun is, what an SBS is, what an AOW is, a DD, etc. and left out a configuration. If it's not defined as an SBS or AOW, then it needs no tax stamp. There's another thread here: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...&highlight=sbs