PaulIcemanMc
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Well i would like to shoot for recreation at the local gun range, so if i want to do that would it be better to purchase a handgun?
My thoughts are just that the shotgun are going to be more accurate when woke up out of your sleep and disoriented.
I have been looking at 18.5 inch barrel length shotguns around $300 and also handguns around the 9 mm size.
Anyone know what the minimum length is for a barrel on a shotgun? And would it be illegal to have a gun shop saw it off to the federal minimum for me? I am having all sorts of trouble finding these obscure laws for Kentucky.
If anyone knows about deadly force laws in Kentucky or any court cases of late, let me know i was googling my ass off.
My Other question.
http://www.usacarry.com/forums/deadly-force-law/10641-use-deadly-force-2.html
EDIT: Btw i found this on the barrel length on my own search but its still not clear to me what the minimum length is when done by a skilled person
United States
Under the National Firearms Act (NFA) it is illegal for a private citizen to possess a sawed-off modern smokeless powder shotgun (a barrel length less than 18 in. or 46 cm and an overall length less than 26 inches) without a tax-stamped permit from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which requires a background check and a $200.00 fee for every transfer. However, if the weapon was manufactured by a licensed builder, with a short barrel and no stock, the transfer fee is $5. [1] (Short-barreled muzzleloading blackpowder shotguns, in contrast, are not illegal by federal law and require no tax-stamped permit, although they may be illegal under state law.) As with all NFA regulated firearms, a new tax stamp must be purchased before every transfer. Inter-state transfers must be facilitated through a Class III Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) dealer while intrastate transfers may be between two persons.[6]
I think the length that you quoted looking at is the legal shortest length of a shot gun....Pretty sure...