Are BP firearms really firearms?

[ZVP]

Why bring it up at all? It just opens the topic up to the ANTIES who do read these forums...
JMHO,
ZVP

 

[Hocka Louis]

They are indeed.
Regards;
Ulysses S. Grant

 

[Jaymo]

The ones I've shot all went bang and projected lead from their muzzles.
Mechanically speaking, yes.
ATF speaking, no. Not a modern firearm, anyway. But, I like them anyway.

 

[danez71]

The OP was in regards to being felon and legally owning/possessing black powder vs modern/cartidge....

The felon part is the important part.

In simple terms that I believe to be in the context of the question....

BP is an unregulated firearm (in overly simplistic terms). But its still a firearm.

If his felon status prevents him from owning/possessing firearms.... going the BP route isnt going to be the loophole that keeps him out of trouble.

 

[Zombiphobia]

for now, many jurisdictions do not consider blackpowder guns to be 'firearms', and I'm ok with that.

But JimK makes a good point. Laws have a way of being fairly vague and not as definitive as they could or should be.

A tin cup can be a deadly weapon(if you saw Riddick), but it's definitely not a firearm.
My definition of a firearm, is an arm/weapon that utilizes some form of fire.. such as how gunpowder combusts to propell a bullet, or the way two chemicals mix to make fire in flame-throwers.

They're firearms.