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About firearms.Why is this thread in "firearms chat" instead of "gun laws" ? It IS a legal question, right?
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I took my daughter to Kennesaw Mountain this past weekend for Junior Ranger Day.... There were two different presenters that each had functioning blackpowder rifles. One was a flintlock, the other a percussion mechanism. I didn't think a thing about it.
Well, daughter has to go potty, so we go inside the visitor center and sure enough, there's the big "no glocks" sign with the persuant legalese about this building being a prohibited place. ..
A few comments:
1.) WHAT ZONE? If the black powder rifle demonstration was held outdoors, and then you walked into the visitor's center building, you may have been in a federal gun-free zone, but the real estate outside would not necessarily be off limits.
Sometimes buildings are prohibited, but not the lawns and parking lots around them.
2.) WHAT LAWS APPLY? We're talking a federal facility, and the only law you're worried about is the one that the sign on the visitor's center building references, right? That's Title 18 of the U.S. Code, section 930.
Because that general gun ban on federal facilities is found in 18 USC Sec. 930, it means that the term "firearm" as used throughout the Gun Control Act of 1968 applies to that federal facility gun ban too.
3.) DOES BLACK POWDER NEGATE "FIREARM"?
The federal definition of "firearm" excludes antiques (made before 1898, the date of the Spanish-American War, from which many cheap surplus weapons made their way to the civilian arms market). Another federal definition of "antique" includes muzzle-loading black powder guns and cap-and-ball revolvers. They are not "firearms" if they're within the definition of "antique" (which includes replicas of antiques).
4.) IS IT A DANGEROUS WEAPON ANYWAY?
But, 18 U.S.C. section 930 doesn't ONLY ban "firearms." It also bans other dangerous weapons. Certainly a black powder rifle is a dangerous weapon. Therefore, it's banned for THAT reason. Not because it's a "firearm."
Chicken.Nor do I, brother...nor do I.
So what you're saying is, it's a "sensible gun law" that prevents "gun violence"?