BTW, isn't a shoulder stock on a pistol a no-no?
The C96 Mauser and some other WWII *Collector and Relics* handguns were exempted from the National Firearms Act restrictions on shoulder-stocked handguns, though they still apply to current production handguns like the Glocks, for which stock packages are both klegal and common elsewhere, Europe in particular.
In any event, that's a federal restriction, which could be easily enough complied with via payment of the $200 registration and transfer tax, same as for a machinegun, silencer or grenade launcher. My limitation was the state law, which conveniently failed to address the matter of stocks on pistols, making them a possible substitute for our rifles and shotguns that are a no-no instead.
Actually, it's the forward pistol grip that could have kicked the Broomie into the NFA weapons classification, had it not received its pistol grip long before the *Assault weapons* restrictions were passed. A handgun with a forward front grip is now considered an *Any Other Weapon* though the federal registration fee on those is but $5.00, so no terribly big deal. But happily, mine was *grandfathered* in as a collector's piece, and so is exempt.
There's at least a possibility, if not a probability, that the Brady-inspired *assault weapons* bill will expire at the end of next year and we'll be done with a lot of that garbage. Likewise, the Tennessee Firearms Association is lobbying to get the restrictions on the carry of loaded longguns in a CCH carrier's vehicle amended as well. But there's a fair chance I'll be relocated from the state by the time that happens, so though I see it as an improvement, it probably won't happen in time to affect my own carry habits.
Probably either your Makarov or M1911 would be fine so long as you've got your boltgun convenient, though it's not impossible that something unpleasant could happen while you're away from your vehicle- think of the 1985 Abu Nidal terrorist attacks at Rome's airport as other members of the group almost simultaneously attacked the airport in Vienna. Similarly the Japanese Red Army attack on Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel in 1972 in which 26 were killed and 60 wounded by automatic weapon fire and grenade remains a reminder that multiple targets with explosives are possible, and the July 2002 attack on the LAX El Al ticket desk by a 41-year-old Egyptian national with a *green card* US work permit is of interest since that shooter, armed with a .45 and a 9mm handgun and a knife, shows us that oyr enemies may also have multiple weapons of good quality. Hesham Hayadet killed two and wounded four before he himself was shot and killed by an armed El Al employee. You probably won't ever have to carry your handgun around an airport and there'll probably be attempts to prevent you from doing so. But sould another 09/11 -style attack be attempted, you may end up armed much more commonly than is the practice now, so you'd be smart to consider reasonable preparations for that possibility.
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