You are making a mountain out of a molehill in that a lot of this IMHO is just some miscommunication in what was stated because if you read the last post by Oldtimr he said exactly what you stated in your previous snippy response to him. Opinions and conjecture with some question marks that the gun is more of a rifle than a shotgun is what I'm seeing and not actually saying that it is. What we all mean is this shotgun that Ed is bastardizing, and that's exactly what he's doing, may still be classified as a shotgun under BATFE definition, but the individual states can darn sure classify it as an illegal weapon in a shotgun only zone. I wouldn't be surprised if that could happen the way all of these manufacturers keep pushing the envelope to increase the range with firearms and bows. It's either that or reduce tags because it's possible too many animals could be taken in some areas due to this long range craze in products.