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minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoBlack powder weapons aren’t legally considered firearms. You can order them in the mail with no background check.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhat are they considered if not firearms, then? Genuine question…
minus-squareLrdThndr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months 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-squareneuropean@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI get it, but I think muzzle loafers deserve an exception. I don’t care who you are, if you bring a muzzle loader to a fight you deserve to use it*. *so long as it isn’t a track-mounted muzzle loader
minus-squarePsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoMuzzle loaders aren’t firearms, tho. Or at least fly under vastly different regs.
Even black powder?
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.
I get it, but I think muzzle loafers deserve an exception. I don’t care who you are, if you bring a muzzle loader to a fight you deserve to use it*.
*so long as it isn’t a track-mounted muzzle loader
Muzzle loaders aren’t firearms, tho. Or at least fly under vastly different regs.