Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoStop Arming Cartels Act makes it unlawful to make, sell, possess a rifle ‘capable of firing .50-caliber ammunition’www.wavy.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down19
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minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoBlack powder weapons aren’t legally considered firearms. You can order them in the mail with no background check.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWhat are they considered if not firearms, then? Genuine question…
minus-squareLrdThndr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 month ago“Firearm” is a legal definition. It’s not that they’re considered something else, it’s just that they don’t fit the legal definition of a “firearm”. Don’t look at me. Look at the ATF and their weird-ass arbitrary rules and definitions.
minus-squareBgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNot the ATF, Congress who wrote the laws.
Black powder weapons aren’t legally considered firearms. You can order them in the mail with no background check.
What are they considered if not firearms, then? Genuine question…
“Firearm” is a legal definition. It’s not that they’re considered something else, it’s just that they don’t fit the legal definition of a “firearm”.
Don’t look at me. Look at the ATF and their weird-ass arbitrary rules and definitions.
Thank you.
Not the ATF, Congress who wrote the laws.