2a4all
Regular Member
"Inoperable" is not the legal standard. An inoperable firearm is still a firearm, just like a stripped lower with no parts at all is legally a firearm.
There are prescribed methods to destroy a firearm to render it no longer a firearm. She clearly didn't do that, since she clamped the lower and buttstock into the vise before cutting off the barrel. The only way those parts could even be attached to the upper, was if they were not destroyed.
"...not usable as a firing weapon" = "inoperative" does it for me.
§ 18.2-303.1. What article does not prohibit.
Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for scientific purposes, the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle possessed in compliance with federal law or the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle not usable as a firing weapon and possessed as a curiosity, ornament, or keepsake.
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