11-26-2014, 05:07 AM
Attaching a foregrip to any pistol moves it into the AOW class, as does attaching a butt stock. However, there is a decision that states that using the SigTac forearm grip in that manner does not, so long as there isn't something changing the classification like a vertical foregrip. I am astounded at how the ATF has walked around and around this issue and allowed that forearm grip, but the ATF is regularly getting beat in court now, and it appears that Sig is carrying a great deal of the fight.
This letter is pertinent ONLY to shotguns, as the question was posed by a shotgun manufacturer. Interestingly, it points out that it is only illegal if used as a shoulder stock, and then only if the ATF actually caught you using it that way! I seriously doubt that long term that will stand in court, particularly as judges are becoming less and less tolerant of ATF's "now it isn't, now it is" stances on accessories and weapons. As another person has put it, you can use a toothbrush as an icepick, but it still is legally a toothbrush!
And it shows that the ATF REALLY has not a clue!
But I don't want to be the test case with them with the current administration in power, either. I'm glad Sig is carrying the flag!
This letter is pertinent ONLY to shotguns, as the question was posed by a shotgun manufacturer. Interestingly, it points out that it is only illegal if used as a shoulder stock, and then only if the ATF actually caught you using it that way! I seriously doubt that long term that will stand in court, particularly as judges are becoming less and less tolerant of ATF's "now it isn't, now it is" stances on accessories and weapons. As another person has put it, you can use a toothbrush as an icepick, but it still is legally a toothbrush!
And it shows that the ATF REALLY has not a clue!
But I don't want to be the test case with them with the current administration in power, either. I'm glad Sig is carrying the flag!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt