Raymond writes: > The military in WWI used, and today still uses, short-barreled shotguns,
"trench brooms", etc. > but they were not sawed-off. I think that barrel length is the important metric, and that "sawed-off" is a general term meaning the barrel was shortened after manufacture. Since the NFA of 1934, shotgun barrels have been manufactured to conform to that requirement. Whether a hacksaw, lathe or laser was used to shorten a barrel below the legal limit is irrelevant. The language used in Miller v US was "a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length". --henry schaffer > ... _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
