

They should NOT be confused as they're quite different. You're right about there being no law about convenience being a factor, and something that is actually fixed VS something that is designed so that you can do mag dumps one after the other is not a matter of convenience, but a matter of functionality. It's specifically designed to be fixed and therefore the ability to change magazines isn't there. Just because you can modify a part or alter the gun doesn't change that you have a fixed magazine rifle. They wanted to also sell to NYer's too, making claims that it is a compliant option of the sort, even though it caused confusion, frustration and stupid ongoing topics like these for people.Ī fixed magazine serves the only function of being a fixed magazine. As stated, Making the release work in a different way doesn't make anything fixed, it was just a work around for california law for their specific definitions. The maglock's primary function is to allow magazine changes. I believe the basis of the firearm's actual functionality is what the law refers to, not hypothetical modifications or how permanent the function is. The design element of functionality MUST carry an important factor because that shotgun wouldn't be on shelves. It turns out the tubular shotgun is legal with a magazine that can at some point be taken out because it is not configured to accept detachable magazines. A tubular shotgun does not have the ability to accept detachable magazines unless it is reconfigured in such a manner that would enable that function. The other option so that this function is gone would be to use a specific component or part to reconfigure the weapon's functionality or manufacture it so it also doesn't have the ability to drop out and accept other magazines.
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When you install a button or other device to allow the magazine to come out and to accept other magazines, that design and functionality of that device is primarily to accept detachable magazines and nothing more. What is the firearm configured to actually do? What features does the firearm have? If a firearm is configured or manufactured in such a way to perform a specific action, then its ability to perform that action is either regulated or not depending on the actual functionality. All guns can be altered in some fashion to be illegal pretty much. Whether or not a tubular magazine can be taken off a shotgun, or this that and the other gun can be disassembled and changed isn't what is important.
