[Guest]

The Taurus Judge revolver can shoot .410 shells and has a barrel less than 18 inches. Does this mean it counts as a sawed-off shotgun under Utah state legal code?

http://www.taurususa.com/products/gunse ... ?series=41

 

[apollosmith]

If you call it a shotgun, yes it's illegal. If you call it a pistol or a revolver, then it's (probably) not illegal.

I think this is a gray area in the law. Even a .22 pistol can shoot shot shells, but this doesn't make it a shotgun. I think you'd probably be OK. As always, I'm not a lawyer, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express once.

 

[Guest]

It's kinda funny because in 76-10-501 p.12, a revolver w/barrel less than a foot is defined as a handgun.... Also, the gun shoots .45 Colt rounds so you could argue that it's just a revolver.

But I've learned to mistrust prosecutors and judges.

 

[Tarzan1888]

The Taurus Judge has a rifled barrel and is thus not a shotgun.

If it had a smooth barrel THEN it would be illegal.

Tarzan

 

[Guest]

The Taurus Judge has a rifled barrel and is thus not a shotgun.

If it had a smooth barrel THEN it would be illegal.

Tarzan

That's heartening to hear. Where do you get this information?

 

[Tarzan1888]

The Taurus Judge has a rifled barrel and is thus not a shotgun.

If it had a smooth barrel THEN it would be illegal.

Tarzan

That's heartening to hear. Where do you get this information?

This is US code, and not Utah code.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/ ... -000-.html

Here is what it says;

(e) Any other weapon
The term “any other weapon” means any weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive, a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more, less than 18 inches in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire. Such term shall not include a pistol or a revolver having a rifled bore, or rifled bores, or weapons designed, made, or intended to be fired from the shoulder and not capable of firing fixed ammunition.

 

[Guest]

SWEET!

 

[shadeslanding]

Just thought it was a moot issue... due to the fact that the .410 is a caliber and not a shotgun guage.

 

[Guest]

Just thought it was a moot issue... due to the fact that the .410 is a caliber and not a shotgun guage.

You, sir, overestimate the cognitive powers of prosecuting attorneys.