Thread: Gun too short.

To use the previously described analogy if I am prosecuted for having a firearm 747mm I should ipso facto be prosecuted for traveling at 101.968 kmh on the open road.

And you can be because you have still broken the law. The issue however is proof, and that requires accuracy. The testing equipment has to be certified, and there is also a margin of error tolerated by both the police and the courts, because your vehicle/speedo is unlikely to be completely accurate.

That however is not the case with a 1mm short firearm. That is simply determined to not comply. And so it is still a stupid question.

Unlawful possession of a pistol is not something that you want to get charged with. Firearms under 762mm are deemed to be pistols.

Originally Posted by Sidney

And you can be because you have still broken the law. The issue however is proof, and that requires accuracy. The testing equipment has to be certified, and there is also a margin of error tolerated by both the police and the courts, because your vehicle/speedo is unlikely to be completely accurate.

That however is not the case with a 1mm short firearm. That is simply determined to not comply. And so it is still a stupid question.

Unlawful possession of a pistol is not something that you want to get charged with. Firearms under 762mm are deemed to be pistols.

Thanks for that Sydney, you have clarified the matter fully and concisely . By the way I don't consider Outlanders question stupid however when a lot of people myself included just did not know the definitive answer. What was stupid was me getting the decimal points in the wrong place in my calcs, at least the equation result was correct. Sorry bout that worked it out in my head while shifting electric fences - must have got a stray shock.