Occupy Seattle - Felon arrested with SBR at Westlake Park

[Abiqua]

As others have stated this is a description offered by the press - who are often not experts on gun laws.
The gun in question may or may not meet the legal definition for an SBR, I'm just saying that we shouldn't assume as much from the very limited information present in this article.

Short Barreled Rifle is a legal definition. If the local paper printed a story about me and included the term "short barreled rifle" where none was present, they'd be printing a retraction soon afterwards.

 

[sprocket3]

Maybe they just meant it wasn't long. I'm not a Mini 14 guy, but from what I recall they do have a "short" barrel right. This is about the only place that I hear people talking about "SBR"s all the time.

 

[HollisOR]

The media has a habit of poor reporting. It was a nice looking rifle. The felon screwed up.

 

[locobob]

Well here it is:
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Looks like a stainless Ruger Mini 14 with an aftermarket folding stock. The barrel sure looks like it is the standard 18.5in.
Legal Definition of SBR not found.