SBR illegal for hunting in Tennessee

[RASHGUNNER]

I was at the local gun shop today and the discussion of hunting and class 3 firearms came up. It is clearly written in the rules that machineguns are illegal for hunting and have been so for several years.

One that I was not aware of is that SBR are illegal also, The regs quote that since these are illegal then you can not hunt with one???

It does not mention silencers and everyones' opinion was there are no limitations on them except when used with the two classes mentioned.

My question is why would the authorities say that SBR (or shotguns) are illegal to own and so are illegal to use hunting?

Edited October 5, 2008 by RASHGUNNER

[Reservoir Dog]

The law on NFA weapons in TN is really messed up. Technically, the law reads that NFA weapons (SBR, SBS, machineguns, etc...) are illegal in TN. The fact that they are legally registered in ATF's NFRTR is only a defense to prosecution. The law really needs to be rewritten.

Most everybody seems to understand the true meaning of the law, but I guess TWRA interprets the law in it's literal sense.

Edited October 5, 2008 by Reservoir Dog