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Okay, well, TIL that the legal definition of firearm doesn't actually include flintlocks, though I'm sure that cops in the US would not bother to make that distinction before going all Judge Dredd and getting applause from bootlickers like in the original post.
For sure! It's just one of those fun little legal oddities, like the time the ATF classified a 14" string with loops on either end as a machinegun
On some level I appreciate when laws say 'no, really, you cannot do that, no matter how much you jump through your ass.' Like how silencers are regulated in a way where no clever horseshit workaround is tolerated; if it does the thing then that's what's verboten.
The fact you're not allowed to make your gun go BANG instead of BANG invites much less appreciation.