8-5-2017 Saturday Live Chat Thread

David Paulides has written extensively on missing peope in national parks.............Thousands of them...........Strange that those who have firearms (legal or not) don't tend to disappear.
Yeah, his reports are very eery. Every time I go out with my trailer or to the country, I have something with me.
 
18 inches, I think............I have a few riot guns with 18 inch barrels.
Looks like we're both right... AR platform is 16" and shotguns are 18" from what I'm reading.

AR:

The vast majority of AR barrels fall between the 14.5" military M4 type and the 20" M16 size, with 16" being currently the most popular for civilians. You can buy 14.5"barrels, but for most of us it would require a muzzle device at least 1.5 inches long, and permanently attached, to meet the legal 16" minimum.

Shotgun:

What is the shortest legal length of a shotgun?
Under the National Firearms Act (NFA), it is illegal for a private citizen to possess a sawed-off modern smokeless powder shotgun (a shotgun with a barrel length shorter than 18 inches (46 cm) or an overall length shorter than 26 inches (66 cm)) (under U.S.C.)