More comments from the peanut gallery......
IC 35-47-1-10
"Sawed-off shotgun"
Sec. 10. "Sawed-off shotgun" means:
(1) a shotgun having one (1) or more barrels less than eighteen (18) inches in length; and
(2) any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if the weapon as modified has an overall length of less than twenty-six (26) inches.
Read these as independent statements, because that is how the prosecutor will read them.
The opinion of the ISP does not really matter,
the opinion of a lawyer does not really matter either.
There have been cases
(no I don't have the particular cite)
where a client has asked a lawyer for clarification of a law.
Said lawyer gave the client advice which the client followed.
Client was subsequently arrested and charged with a violation of the law the lawyer said was not applicable.
Client said lawyer told him it was ok....... judge said "You asked the wrong lawyer".
Don't ask a bunch of average Joe's.
Go and ask the ATF for a letter of clarification.
Again, this is not fear mongering, but there is disagreement and
uncertainty in this very thread, I don't want to see anyone get their
butt hung on a hunch.
Firearm laws are nonsensical and annoying and I don't really have any I can truly agree with.
Guns are an tool, an inanimate object, nothing more.
BUT, the laws are currently out there
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
IC 35-47-1-10
"Sawed-off shotgun"
Sec. 10. "Sawed-off shotgun" means:
(1) a shotgun having one (1) or more barrels less than eighteen (18) inches in length; and
(2) any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if the weapon as modified has an overall length of less than twenty-six (26) inches.
Read these as independent statements, because that is how the prosecutor will read them.
The opinion of the ISP does not really matter,
the opinion of a lawyer does not really matter either.
There have been cases
(no I don't have the particular cite)
where a client has asked a lawyer for clarification of a law.
Said lawyer gave the client advice which the client followed.
Client was subsequently arrested and charged with a violation of the law the lawyer said was not applicable.
Client said lawyer told him it was ok....... judge said "You asked the wrong lawyer".
Don't ask a bunch of average Joe's.
Go and ask the ATF for a letter of clarification.
Again, this is not fear mongering, but there is disagreement and
uncertainty in this very thread, I don't want to see anyone get their
butt hung on a hunch.
Firearm laws are nonsensical and annoying and I don't really have any I can truly agree with.
Guns are an tool, an inanimate object, nothing more.
BUT, the laws are currently out there
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.