Question of Curiosity... Stinger pen gun OC?

[headcase]

It is what it is, a pen gun. Carrying it with a sign that says, "Hey, this is my pen gun.", may qualify it as being Open Carried, but otherwise if there is some sort of reason you get all your possessions turned out onto the hood of a cop car, and they recognize it, and you don't have a LTCF, I bet you get charged under "6106: Firearms not to be carried without a License, and if you don't have a tax stamp also under "908: Prohibited offensive weapons". That would be my understanding, if it happens, let us know for the files

[jsmithxd]

Originally Posted by 340M&P

My pen gun is on my form 3 as an AOW. That makes it not a pistol. As for the open carry, don't know. Mine is in my shirt pocket, so partially concealed. Hmm.

Its not a firearm in regards to the ATF however it is considered a firearm under the uniform firearms act definition in 6102. No where does it exclude any class 3 or aow weapons. The same item can fall into different categories with different agencies. The UFA does not use a dictionary definition of firearm, it states what is considered a firearm for the chapter in reference. The ATF has a totally different definition depending on the situation. You cant just say well according to the ATF my item is or is not a firearm.

[shefearsnothing]

Originally Posted by headcase

It is what it is, a pen gun. Carrying it with a sign that says, "Hey, this is my pen gun.", may qualify it as being Open Carried, but otherwise if there is some sort of reason you get all your possessions turned out onto the hood of a cop car, and they recognize it, and you don't have a LTCF, I bet you get charged under "6106: Firearms not to be carried without a License, and if you don't have a tax stamp also under "908: Prohibited offensive weapons". That would be my understanding, if it happens, let us know for the files

Does that mean it's illegal to make your own? No, I'm not making my own. LOL. I'm just asking because I googled "pen gun" in the interest of seeing what kind of different variations of them there were (never took an interest in them before and just wanted to look) and there are several results for making your own. I had read your post before I googled so as I was skimming the results I was thinking, that can't be legal...can it?

[ungawa]

Originally Posted by shefearsnothing

Does that mean it's illegal to make your own? No, I'm not making my own. LOL. I'm just asking because I googled "pen gun" in the interest of seeing what kind of different variations of them there were (never took an interest in them before and just wanted to look) and there are several results for making your own. I had read your post before I googled so as I was skimming the results I was thinking, that can't be legal...can it?

You can make your own but if it is a AOW you will have to file a Form 1 with ATF and wait until it is approved before you start making it.

[shefearsnothing]

Oh I see. Well I'm not going to make one anyway. There are just an awful lot of results when you google "pen gun". LOL. I was just looking to see different "models" or whatever.

How often does one shoot a pen gun at the range anyway?

[ungawa]

Originally Posted by shefearsnothing

Oh I see. Well I'm not going to make one anyway. There are just an awful lot of results when you google "pen gun". LOL. I was just looking to see different "models" or whatever.

How often does one shoot a pen gun at the range anyway?

From what I've heard from a few owners, once.

[CHEMICAL]

Originally Posted by 340M&P

My pen gun is on my form 3 as an AOW. That makes it not a pistol. As for the open carry, don't know. Mine is in my shirt pocket, so partially concealed. Hmm.

then you do not have the stinger?

"Under federal law "Gadget-type firearms and `pen' guns which fire fixed ammunition" are classified as an "Any Other Weapon" (AOW) under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and come under the NFA's strict licensing and registration regimen. To purchase an "Any Other Weapon," the buyer must go through an extended and extremely detailed background check, register the weapon, and receive approval from local law enforcement. ATF distinguishes Stinger's pen gun from other such weapons and treats them as standard handguns simply because in order to be fired, the "grip," or handle, of the gun must be angled to its barrel. ATF could immediately re-classify the pen gun as an AOW if it chose to do so but has not thus far."

this is all i could find, other than that i would think that in its pen form, as someone else stated, its technically "concealed" as a pen. personally i'd rather have this one:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...dget/knife-gun

[RyanXD]

I'm not to sure and would hate to tell you something and it be wrong and you get in trouble, but I'll tell you one thing, that's pretty cool and never seen one until now. where can you buy one of them things? or you can't? what caliber is that?

[340M&P]

Nope, not a Stinger. Looks like a pen, fires like
A pen,
Can even write.

[CHEMICAL]

Originally Posted by 340M&P

Nope, not a Stinger. Looks like a pen, fires like
A pen,
Can even write.

now thats convenient, got any pics? i would love to see it. what brand is it?