Thread: We have too many guns on our streets

Originally Posted by systolic

Isn't it legally classified as a pistol because it's been cut down to less than 762mm?

How is the media report wrong then? (If it is legally a pistol?)

Yes, legally a pistol. Media was technically correct in their reporting, but when the uneducated public hears 'pistol', they think 'handgun' rather than a rifle/shotgun cut down to below 762mm.