ORIGINAL: Destructo
Did you see the part about it being banned for import into the us because it has less than a 3" barrel, I didn't realize a barrel had to be atleast 3"? Seems like I see revolvers shorter than that all the time. Like 1 7/8" or 2" barrels.
Only thing I can figure, and this is just a deduction here... is that you cannot IMPORT a gun with a less than 3" barrel to the US. All the modern revolvers I can think of (mainly the NAAs and S&Ws) that have super short barrels are made in the USA. Although... Taurus... are all of their made in Brazil? Yeah I suppose that doesn't make much sense to me after all....
The article is of British origin... reporter might have gotten a bum steer on her information....