oal under 30" in MI must be registered (or whatever the official term is) as a short gun.
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yes, once registered you are good to go. No need to bring it into the cop shop, we only have to mail in the paperwork now.
One of the "benefits" of registering such guns as a pistol is that you more or less get to abide by the pistol rules in terms of carry and transportation. If you have a CPL you can technically carry it loaded on your person (I wouldn't...) and you can transport it loaded and within reach. I am using the same "loophole" of sorts to have a nice trunk gun - a Kel Tec Sub2000. Once I find one, at least
it means I can keep the KT S2000 loaded in my car, and do not need to abide by rifle laws that would dictate it be unloaded and or cased/locked.
One of the "benefits" of registering such guns as a pistol is that you more or less get to abide by the pistol rules in terms of carry and transportation. If you have a CPL you can technically carry it loaded on your person (I wouldn't...) and you can transport it loaded and within reach. I am using the same "loophole" of sorts to have a nice trunk gun - a Kel Tec Sub2000. Once I find one, at least
it means I can keep the KT S2000 loaded in my car, and do not need to abide by rifle laws that would dictate it be unloaded and or cased/locked.
Is that federal or some state law? As far as the feds are concerned, there's no such thing as a smooth-bore pistol. Pistol grip or not. If it's smooth-bore , it's a shotgun. Well.....not exactly. Also depends on if it ever had a stock.
Essentially:
If it EVER had a stock on it, and it's smoothbore, it's a shotgun. If OAL is less than 26" OR barrel length is less than 18", it's a SBS.
If it NEVER had a stock on it (like the Mossberg 500 PGO guns that come from the factory with no stock) it's not a shotgun, it's an "other" same as a stripped receiver.
If barrel length is less than 18" AND OAL is less than 26" it's an AOW.
If Barrel length is less than 18" BUT OAL is over 26" it's not an NFA gun, still just an "other".
That's what makes this non-NFA 14" Mossberg possible:
shockwavetechnologies.com » The 14? Mossberg 500 That ISN?T NFA!
This is all of course just fed law. States may have other laws regarding this.
The funny thing is, when I read NYS and even NYC (one of the worst places in the nation as far as allowing you to own cool guns)law. I could not find anything there that treated this gun any different than the feds do. So you could go and build yourself a 14" Mossberg in NYC and it will be just as legal as your grandaddy's hunting gun.
AMAZING! I thought, this being NYC and all, there HAS to be something prohibiting it. But nope.This was before the SAFE Act though. Haven't followed all the details about what that disaster caused so things MAY have changed now.
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