06-09-2020, 02:14 AM
Your failing to understand what is being said. If you buy a striped lower it's marked as "other". Everyone agrees. You can use lower to build either a rifle or a pistol. Everyone agrees. Where you are getting lost is that if you built a rifle with that lower originally then that lower is always a rifle and cannot be made into a pistol. If you made it into a pistol originally then your good. Here is the atfs definition of a pistol and on their publication they put the word "originally" in bold for a reason.
the term pistol is defined by the Acts implementing regulations, 27
CFR 479.11, as a weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile
(bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having (a) a chamber(s) as an
integral part(s) of, or permanently aligned with, the bore(s); and (b) a short stock designed
to be gripped by one hand and at an angle to and extending below the line of the bore(s)
the term pistol is defined by the Acts implementing regulations, 27
CFR 479.11, as a weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile
(bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having (a) a chamber(s) as an
integral part(s) of, or permanently aligned with, the bore(s); and (b) a short stock designed
to be gripped by one hand and at an angle to and extending below the line of the bore(s)