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Ask HN: If a pistol made before 1898 isn't legally a “firearm”
IANAL
https://blogs.findlaw.com/fourth_circuit/2013/10/antique-firearms-black-powder-ammo-in-felon-in-possession-case.html
Doesn't this mean antique pistols and other such non-"firearm" firearms are exempted in a number of statutory-defined situations based on the word "firearm?" Airports? Bars? Airport bars? Banks?