jordanlund , 8 months ago

There’s a lot of confusion over “legal”.

A short barrelled shotgun or short barrelled rifle can be legally owned, you just have to pay a tax stamp on it. $200 was a LOT of money when Miller passed, not so much these days.

That doesn’t even get into “Non-NFA Firearms” that are designed by the manufacturer to ride the line between legal and illegal.

For example… If you take a Mossberg 590 shotgun and chop the stock down to a pistol grip, and don’t pay the tax, that’s a felony.

If you take a Mossberg 590 and shorten the barrel too much without paying the tax stamp, that’s a felony.

The 590 Shockwave is a “Non-NFA firearm” that is perfectly legal without a tax stamp even though it has a pistol grip and a short barrel.

www.mossberg.com/590-shockwave-6-shot-50659.html

It’s legal because it was made this way, not modified to be this way and it fits precisely in the overall length definition.

If you were to remove the pistol grip and put on a shoulder stock? No tax stamp? Felony.