"The new gun regulations will be focused on the types of firearms that are available for civilian use. "Applicants for a firearm’s license must pass psychological exams and own a smoothbore shotgun for a trial period before obtaining a rifle," " Ugh.
This has already been the case for MANY years, so long in fact that an entire industry have been created to supply a market with large bore versions of AK's and other weapons classed as smoothbore shotguns because only the last few inches of the barrel is rifled.
"The new gun regulations will be focused on the types of firearms that are available for civilian use. "Applicants for a firearm’s license must pass psychological exams and own a smoothbore shotgun for a trial period before obtaining a rifle," " Ugh.
This has already been the case for MANY years, so long in fact that an entire industry have been created to supply a market with large bore versions of AK's and other weapons classed as smoothbore shotguns because only the last few inches of the barrel is rifled.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/08/13/the-new-russian-shotgun-round-366-tkm-for-sks-ak-rifles/
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/08/30/kalashnikov-concenrns-tg3-svd-chambered-in-9-6x53mm-lancaster/