Current mood:

amused

Why lawyers, judges, and legislators will be first up against the wall...

U.S. Code (a.k.a. Federal Law)
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 44 > Sec. 921. - Definitions 

(a) As used in this chapter - 
   (3) The term ''firearm'' means
      (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to 
      or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
      (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon;
      (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or
      (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm. 

   (4) The term ''destructive device'' means - 
      (A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas - 
         (i) bomb, 
         (ii) grenade, 
         (iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, 
         (iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, 
         (v) mine, or 
         (vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses;

Therefore... in strict legal terms silencers, grenades, mines, bombs, missiles, and rockets are all "firearms".

Someone please figure out how this makes ANY sense at all in the real world.