Would you be okay with removing the minimum barrel length requirement from the National Firearms Act of 1934 but keeping the minimum overall length requirement?

I totally understand the liberal perspective of requiring rifles and shotguns to have a minimum length of 26" or longer to not be subject to NFA regulations and rules.

But I think it's silly how we have both a minimum barrel length requirement and a minimum overall length requirement. If a shotgun has an overall length of 26 inches but a barrel length of 8 inches or so, how is that worse than a shotgun with the same overall length but an 18 inch long barrel?

If you think about it, you would think that gun control advocates would want guns that have shorter barrels (as long as the overall length of the gun remains the same).

Guns with shorter barrels are typically much louder than comparable guns with longer barrels, making them easier for bystanders to be alerted to muzzle blasts and respond accordingly. Guns with shorter barrels also have lower muzzle velocities, meaning they have reduced effective ranges. This means hunters and otherwise have reduced chances of accidentally hitting someone far away. On top of that, guns with shorter barrels are marginally less lethal than guns with longer barrels.