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I'm trying to interpret the dumpster fire that is HB1240 to determine whether 3-lug barrels on pistols are OK, or if they are considered "threaded" for the purposes of the law. I'm going to call a lawyer for assistance, but floating this here as well just to get people's thoughts. Regarding pistol barrels, the law states a semi-auto pistol is an assault weapon if it has a threaded barrel, forward handgrip, or barrel shroud. Regarding threaded barrels, the specific text of the law reads:
Thoughts?
I think what they intended to mean is "any barrel that is capable of accepting a flash hider or silencer", but that's not what they wrote. And if English class didn't completely fail me, I believe the placement of the comma after "a threaded barrel" means that the following text ("capable of accepting...") is an elaboration upon the topic of "threaded barrel", not a catch-all statement to include other non-threaded barrels that happen to be capable of accepting a suppressor or flash hider. And since lugged barrels are not actually threaded (different manufacturing concept entirely), I'm wondering if they might have painted themselves into a corner and given us a way out on the barrel thing for pistols. This won't be all that helpful for your average handgun, but weapons like the CZ Scorpion, Stribog, MPX, etc are legally pistols, and there may be options to get them with 3-lug barrels instead of threaded ones.28 (vi) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a
29 detachable magazine and has one or more of the following:
30 (A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor,
31 forward handgrip, or silencer;
Thoughts?