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What is the difference between a Ithaca stakeout and a Taurus Judge?.
The Ithaca is just a shotgun, making it subject to shotgun rules.
Not necessarily:Naturally, anything under 18" on a shotgun is NFA tax stamp territory.
Good point, Girodin. I guess the 26" overall length requirement would still apply to keep it from being an AOW?
The law actually reads...Shotguns are made or remade, designed or re-designed to be fired from the shoulder.
So... the questions are...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/usc_sec_26_00005845----000-.html
(d) Shotgun
The term “shotgun” means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder...
ATF is the Federal agency empowered to regulate commerce in firearms. Where the actual law does not clearly "define", the ATF can issue determinations/rulings/interpretations of the NFA'34 and GCA'68 that have the full force of law.CoRoMo:
-How does the NFA define the phrase "intended to be fired from the shoulder"? ATF issued that interpretation I believe.
-Who gets to state the intentions of the design? Intent doesn't matter, ATF's determination does.
-How does the NFA define a 'shoulder stock'? Sometimes a bit of shaped wire constitutes a shoulder stock, but a buffer tube does not. Again, ATF get to decide whether it's a stock or not.
-Where is the line that differentiates the type of stock you find on a Mare's Leg, with one that is "intended to be fired from the shoulder"? The line is here____today, was over here____last year and will likely be here _____next week. "Determination letters" are not all encompassing and ATF seems to take the stance that each letter only appies to that specific firearm or situation.