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So much for "gun control," when underage teens or pre-teens can obtain weapons so easily.

- Jim

Effacing a serial number or possessing a firearm in that condition is big-time illegal. GCA68.

- Jim

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:Is that Taurus pre-World War II?

No. Taurus was founded in 1941. The company started making Beretta clones in the 1970s. There were no substantial imports to the U.S. until the 1980s.

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Unfortunately, the father in this case will probably never see the pistol again except at his trial, if he has one; and he will be a convicted felon.

- Jim

Yeah, and the adults also are afraid of an accidental discharge, especially with the prevalence of celebrities shooting themselves. I have admitted it took me a while to get used to having a live round in the chamber pointing down my leg.

- Jim

The article specifically says "loaded gun," and there's a photo of a pistol with a charged magazine and one loose cartridge. The caption says, "Police said an 8-year-old boy brought this gun to his Queens school..."

Maybe there wasn't a round in the chamber, in which case pulling the trigger any number of times would have done nothing harmful. It seems quite a few people want to keep double-action pistols with a magazine but no round in the chamber.

- Jim

In Queens, New York, an 8-year-old boy allegedly brought a pistol to school and sold it to another boy for $3.

The happy buyer brought the pistol home and showed it to his mother, who predictably freaked.

The father of the seller admitted that it was his Taurus 9 mm pistol. The powers that be announced that they would charge the father and the son with illegal possession, but not the boy who bought the pistol. The buyer thought it was a toy.

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- Jim