Educate me on current gun regulations

JoeyM wrote:

Osterkraut wrote:

JoeyM wrote:

neon4891 wrote: Back on topic, NRA legal site, VERY useful.

Interesting.

ANTIQUES AND REPLICAS Unless used in the commission of a crime, the term firearm shall not include an antique firearm. An antique firearm is any firearm manufactured in or before 1918 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar early type of ignition system) or replicas thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1918, and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1918, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

I think this makes my 1940 Mosin an antique

Careful, 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(16) says antique is 1898.

The mosin was designed in 1891..... Doesn't matter, anyway, since you cannot open carry a gun that long. I was just curious about it because of the age.

The Mosin isn't an antique, anyway. Peep this:

(g) Antique firearm. The term 'antique firearm' means any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

The Mosin is a Curio & Relic.

And that, children, is why it's important to read the laws directly from the source.

Also, Florida allows no open carry of any firearm, length be damned. Exceptions: going directly to and from target shooting, hunting, fishing, and camping.

As far as the shotgun and half inch business, I believe if it is smooth bore there is no caliber limit. That's why you can have a large cannon without any special permitting.

As others have said, you can buy anything as long as you have the money and patients to deal with the ATF. People sound shocked when I tell them you can buy a grenade launcher or a silencer if you don't mind the hoop jumping.

Also, no one covered curios and relics. I had a curios and relics FFA license and never used it because I never got my paperwork back from the ATF until it was time to renew. At any rate, there are weapons that fall into this category depending on age and other factors. Mosins most definitely fall under C&R.

In reply to Osterkraut:

7.62x54 isn't rare.

N Sperlo wrote: In reply to Osterkraut: 7.62x54 isn't rare.

I know, that's why the Mosin isn't an antique. U read?