Daugherty said he is not worried about the federal government coming to get his son's cannon because he has spoken to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as well as the National Security Agency. Though Daugherty said he is still stunned that he had to get clearance from the NSA for the archaic artillery piece, it is legal to own such a cannon because it does not use a firing pin or is breach loaded. He said the government does not consider the weapon a threat.
The approach of a neophyte who knows nothing about the regulations is to assume the worst and proceed from there. This is not without its virtues, as government agencies are notorious for not speaking to one another, or the peasants either, if it can be avoided. In case you didn't know, the federal government considers black powder firearms to be curios, and beneath their purview. Most states, excepting New York, that I know of, go along with this.
I have more than one BP cannon myself, and have nearly finished a paper of how to tell a black powder cannon from a pipe bomb, the latter being illegal in most states. As cannon aficionados will tell you, having one end open does not guarantee that your projectile will fly merrily down range. You need to do a bit of math first.
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