April 21st, 2009
Via a reader, the pistol system for the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS):
M26 MASS Shotgun Pistol
Is that a 12-gauge in your pocket?
GunPundit.com
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April 21st, 2009
Via a reader, the pistol system for the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS):
M26 MASS Shotgun Pistol
Is that a 12-gauge in your pocket?
GunPundit.com
April 21st, 2009 at 8:51 am
[...] MASS 12 gauge pistol. [...]
April 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am
Now from what I understand about the law. (I am not a lawyer) The reason sawed off shotguns where deemed illegal in the Miller case was because they “are not military type weapons appropriate for use in an organized militia” Well this M26 looks like it has a barrel length less then 18 inches. Does that mean that US vs Miller is obsolete?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Miller
“The Supreme Court declared that no conflict between the NFA and the Second Amendment had been established, writing:
In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a ’shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length’ at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument.”
Again I am not a lawyer and never understood why it was that I can’t have a sawed off shotgun because it isn’t military but I can’t have a full auto rifle because it is military. I guess I just expect my laws to be logical.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am
” . . OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME.”
April 21st, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Notice the left hand? I bet that think has a wicked muzzle-flip!
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:30 am
This piece calls for a new Dirty Harry movie.
I want to see Clint pwning bastards with this one!
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Left hand is on the charging handle for rapid cycling.
And this shotgun is perfectly legal for military use (as are the short-barreled Mossbergs the troops currently carry). There’s a huge difference, legally, between a weapon designed for intended purpose (door breaching) that happens to have a short barrel, and a weapon that has been modified by the user to perform a task other than its intended military purpose. Couldn’t tell you, though, if it would be legal for civilian carry.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Is that considered a short-barrel shotgun or a handgun (like the Judge)?
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Am I the only one that thinks it is hilarious that this thing has a full length picatinny rail on the top so you can add your iron sights or scope or red dot sight?
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Good grief!
It’s the pistol from Appleseed.
(except bolt action rather than SA)
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Nate Sez:
“Am I the only one that thinks it is hilarious that this thing has a full length picatinny rail on the top so you can add your iron sights or scope or red dot sight?”
I think that is for adding a picatiny folding stock!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
If you take a virgin receiver, and put a rifled 12 gauge barrel on it, it is technically a 12 Gauge Pistol, not an SBS or AOW, and handled like any other pistol legally.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Adam: If the barrel put on it was rifled, it’s a pistol.
Once a smoothbore goes on it, it becomes an NFA toy.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Kristopher,
Even if fitted with a rifled barrel, there would no guarantee that it wouldn’t remain a NFA item. Because the bore size is >0.50″, the BATFE could just as easily classify it as a “Destructive Device”.