Skans » Yesterday, 4:28 pm » wrote: ↑
Ok, I'm going to blow that law straight ta Hell. I actually have a Tac-1 Carbine (made by Demro) that fires from an open bolt. Pre-'86. Semi-auto. Loaded magazine inserted into the gun. No round chambered. Trigger holds the entire bolt back. Fixed firing pin on the bolt. A round is ONLY chambered just before it goes "BANG". It only takes a single pull of the trigger to make it chamber a round and then immediately fire.
So, under that law, I can carry any open-bolt gun, ready to fire, but it would be considered "unloaded".
Remember, you have to make TWO mechanical moves to make the rifle fire with an empty chamber. In your scenario you only have one. IF the bolt was forward than you have to make two.