Now that brings up another question. If you carried a flare gun concealed is it against the law. I think the law deals with hand guns. Is a flare gun a hand gun?? I am serious about this. Does anyone know about this. Is there a LEO out there that can help...
As far as I know it has always been that way. Back in the mid to late 70's I was stationed at Castle AFB and was a Reserve Officer for Atwater PD and my permit had all my weapons listed by serial number. If it wasn't on the permit you couldn't carry it.Now, California lists on the back of your permit the guns you may carry.
I grew up in a land locked state where the widest body of water is the TN river, so I was fairly unfamiliar with them. However, after reading the thread, I took a look at one at Wally world. Is it my imagination, or are the flares not 12 gauge? Of course, using it that way would probably be WAY naughty. Also, I couldn't tell if it was plastic or metal. What's the deal?
I've fired flares out of my 12ga. No harm to the shotgun, and makes for a much better launcher than that plastic pistol in the event of an emergency.
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The Navy and CG occasionally use the Moss 500/590 for flares. You're probably ok shooting most things out of a decent quality shotgun, as long as it's not something crazy like dragon's breath.When you did that for the first time, was it sorta trial and error, meaning something may or may not happen? Or were you 100% certain that it would be safe to do?
The Navy and CG occasionally use the Moss 500/590 for flares. You're probably ok shooting most things out of a decent quality shotgun, as long as it's not something crazy like dragon's breath.
The Navy and CG occasionally use the Moss 500/590 for flares. You're probably ok shooting most things out of a decent quality shotgun, as long as it's not something crazy like dragon's breath.
Carrying a loaded shotgun around in otherwise restricted areas, even if it's loaded with flares, would probably be frowned upon by most LEOs and judges.Ok, so my next question is, is it legal, for self defense or otherwise?
Carrying a loaded shotgun around in otherwise restricted areas, even if it's loaded with flares, would probably be frowned upon by most LEOs and judges.
Carrying a flare pistol around might be a different story. After Katrina, I bought a flare gun kit and put it in my car. If you were driving around in a place like Illinois, you would be legally better off carrying a loaded flare gun than an ordinary gun. I doubt there's established case law on this. You could justifiably say that you're apprehensive about the possibility of a terrorist attack or natural disaster, and wanted a way to signal to rescuers, without having to rely on electronics. Flare guns are intended for that purpose, and you were keeping it for its intended purpose.
Of course, if you're the victim of an attack, then you may have to improvise. Whether you're able to hit the target or not, a red flaming ball of fire would be at least as persuasive as the racking noise from a shotgun.
Welcome to USA Carry, Boomboy. Are you going to introduce yourself in the new members intro forum?
Anyway, I wasn't aware that flares were measured in a certain gauge or caliber. By that, do you mean that it appears that the flare "rounds" appear as if they could fit in a 12 gauge shotgun? I myself would never try that.
The idea is that it's not really a "choice" in the conventional sense of the term, but an "all you've got lying around at the moment" kind of thing. If you only had a nail gun, that would be useful as well.This would go well in the ongoing defense loads and the law thread. As much as I feel it is asinine to use a person's choice of caliber against them, I'm pretty sure that most juries would frown upon burning the perp to a crisp.
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