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WI definition of a "fiearm"

BROKENSPROKET

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I want to know if that includes a handgun that is partially disassembled and inoperable?



To OC in a parade thru a GFSZ...

I have a XD45, I have removed the barrel and recoil spring and then bound the slide in place with electrical tape with an empty mag inserted.

Can I be prosecuted???????
 
Shotgun

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BROKENSPROKET wrote:
I want to know if that includes a handgun that is partially disassembled and inoperable?



To OC in a parade thru a GFSZ...

I have a XD45, I have removed the barrel and recoil spring and then bound the slide in place with electrical tape with an empty mag inserted.

Can I be prosecuted???????
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167.31(1)(c) "Firearm" means a weapon that acts by force of gunpowder.

Not gonna help much, is it?
 
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941.28 - ANNOT.
Firearm" means a weapon that acts by force of gunpowder to fire a projectile, regardless of whether it is inoperable due to disassembly. State v. Rardon, 185 Wis. 2d 701, 518 N.W.2d 330 (Ct. App. 1994).
 
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