2C states....

 

"Firearm or firearms" means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm, which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.

 

 

with that being said....

 

Is THIS a firearm?

 

 

 

 

If so why can I got to Home Depot or Lowe's and buy one?

i see no reason it would not be.. by literal definition..

Agreed with Vlad.

I shat myself when I checked a guy out with the stuff... (work at HD)

One thing, that style Hilti gun can only fire a when it's pressed against something, so unless someone had a person there, was able to press and compress the unit on them and then strike it with a hammer to blast the pin, It's really not that useful.

 

What next, I can't travel with my pneumatic framing gun?

One thing, that style Hilti gun can only fire a when it's pressed against something, so unless someone had a person there, was able to press and compress the unit on them and then strike it with a hammer to blast the pin, It's really not that useful.

 

What next, I can't travel with my pneumatic framing gun?

 

Oh contrar monfrar. On the "pump" style ones you can hold the sleeve back and shoot it like a pistol. Ask me how I know.

Oh contrar monfrar. On the "pump" style ones you can hold the sleeve back and shoot it like a pistol. Ask me how I know.

 

I can only imagine what that was like, did you say the required

"hold my beer" first.

Certainly gave me respect for the lowly .22 first time I tried one.

 

 

I can only imagine what that was like, did you say the required

"hold my beer" first.

 

Lmao you can shoot those things easily, and I know from experiance also, they travel lol

next we'll be asking about nail guns... and then staple guns, ... i mean a staple gun is under spring tension and shoots a projectile, does it not? FIREARM !! ILLEGAL! oMGz!!

next we'll be asking about nail guns... and then staple guns, ... i mean a staple gun is under spring tension and shoots a projectile, does it not? FIREARM !! ILLEGAL! oMGz!!

 

Oh great, next I'll have to unload my stapler in my range bag for transport.

I do not think nails qualify as a "solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet", nor do staples qualify as a "bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter".

Sarcasm is hard to sense on the net. So, I will bite. Both nails and staples are "missiles"

 

 

I do not think nails qualify as a "solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet", nor do staples qualify as a "bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter".

2C states.... "

"Firearm or firearms" means any ...device or instrument in the nature of a weapon ...

 

hd2000fxdl beat to my first point that this is pretty useless since you need to compress it against a stable surface and that you need to use a hammer to activate it. There are plenty of other tools we could debate, such as a pneumatic nail gun, staple gun, etc. The Ramset in the OP is a tool, not a weapon, and it must be combined with other objects that are necessary for it to function. Firearms are weapons and they contain everything necessary to activate the charge or cartridge.

 

The staple gun, and other pneumatic nail guns or Ray Ray's pump style example, are all tools, not in the nature of weapon, and that is all you need to not classify it as a firearm.

How about a bang stick/powerhead/shark stick?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhead

I actually went through a class and have a liscence for the hilti version

I actually went through a class and have a liscence for the hilti version

 

CCH???

Yeah I got a sweet holster for it

just goes to show how utterly ridiculous our laws are

actually had to sit through a four hour class for this bad boy

One thing, that style Hilti gun can only fire a when it's pressed against something, so unless someone had a person there, was able to press and compress the unit on them and then strike it with a hammer to blast the pin, It's really not that useful.

 

What next, I can't travel with my pneumatic framing gun?

 

which is why I suspect it may fail the "device or instrument in the nature of a weapon" part of the statute. Having operated one before, I can't see it being used to effectively cause harm to someone who isn't unconscious and prone, or being held down by multiple people.

Since this tool is smooth-bore, I think it might qualify as a sawed-off shotgun. If so, this 10-piece fastener strip is above 6 rounds limit, and is also highly illegal !

 

http://www.amazon.com/Ramset-5RS27-Strip-Fastener-Package/dp/B000VC0ZHK

 

Oh contrar monfrar. On the "pump" style ones you can hold the sleeve back and shoot it like a pistol. Ask me how I know.

 

Happy Gilmore!!!!! Is that you???

How about a bang stick/powerhead/shark stick?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhead

 

So far, they are not considered firearms...but dont give anyone any ideas

Happy Gilmore!!!!! Is that you???

 

No?

No?

[facepalm] kids these days...

[facepalm] kids these days...

 

Price is wrong ****!

Midway sells a Picatinny rail for this monster...page 231 of the the big catalog. Ho, just kiddin'!