Les points us to this new 12-shot revolver from US Arms:
Weerd points out that it's probably illegal here in Massachusetts.
I started to leave a comment at Weerd's post about the arcane MA AWB, and realized that it was its own post altogether. Weerd points out that, since this is a handgun, and US Fire Arms doesn't have any models that comply with the Massachusetts Approved Firearms Roster {spit}, it's a moot point and won't be for sale here anywhere.
My first instinct was that it would be okay under the AWB, because tubular magazines are exempt. Difference is, though, that tubular magazines are not removable - the cylinder on the 12/22, however, is removable. A decent case could be made that, since the cylinder is removable, it is a high capacity feeding device under the terms of the AWB. I wouldn't want to be the test case.
Weerd then brings up an interesting point: If Smith & Wesson (or Charter Arms, or Ruger, or anyone who makes a double-action revolver for sale in MA) were to offer a 12 shot .22LR revolver, would it run afoul of the AWB? My money would be on it being exempt, because the cylinder is not removable (in the standard sense) and would therefore quality as exempt akin to the tubular magazines.
Only in Massachusetts would a single action .22LR revolver be considered an assault weapon...
That is all.
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I want me an N-frame 12-shot .22 Revolver!
How cool would that be?
It sounds as if you are attempting to apply common sense to an insane situation.
Does it matter under the MA AWB that it's single action only?
Not that I expect it to make any kind of sense, but it would be pretty stupid to treat single action and double-action/semi-auto the same.
Then again, the AWB comes from the same mentality as an Approved Firearms Roster {spit} that requires a separate approval (and bribe) for each colour a gun is offered in. No restriction would surprise me, really.
Jake,
The *cylinder* would fall under the Assault Weapons ban as a "removable high capacity feeding device".
So if you swapped out the 12 round cylinder for a ban-compliant 10 round cylinder, it would be fine.
And the fact that we are even talking about "ban compliant" SINGLE ACTION RIMFIRE REVOLVERS ought to show everyone just how completely ridiculous this whole thing is...
Can you hear us rolling on the ground laughing in Kentucky?
Because we are!
Gerry
I mean, at the very least it could be a .357 Magnum, right?
"Look out! He has an Assault Hogleg!"
And I thought NJ was bad.
Oh, I'm sure that Ruger is working on a similar product that'll take a Scope for Rabbit Hunting even as we speak. But you still can't have one, because "you live in Massachusetts, nyah, nyan nyah, nyah. And you can't have no Ice Cream, because you live on the Welfare..."
Nothing mASSachusetts does surprises me. Concider:
Teddy K. re-elected for decades.
Bawwny Fwank re-elected for decades.
Three (3!) speakers doing time.
I AM surprised that the Minutemen statues at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge haven't had their rifles removed ... for the children.
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