I just got my new Lats & Ats/Seafaring magazine and inside is an extensive article on flaregun inserts.
I read this article before I even read BOB's editorial!!!
The ATF actually contacted Orion and got some of their guns, made their own inserts (copied ones you can buy) and fired them.
Appears eventually they all broke off at the hinge. They consider them an acutal gun if stored together, all laws apply.
My thought is, I won't be using one of those in the US, I have my own registered gun :) but if out of the country I would consider an insert, stored seperately of course. Ya Know, an emergency is an emergency, people always seem to think you are going to shoot another person, what about a shark or something, maybe just holeing another boat? What ever. Or just a slingshot maybe.
What a topic, what a Country!!
Dean