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April 29, 2017, 02:21 AM | #26 |
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I remember seeing an AR pistol with brace in the news some years ago as being found in a drug dealers home, or such, but very little was made of it by the media. Wonder if they just didn't know?
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May 5, 2017, 03:50 AM | #27 | |
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Most are clueless about NFA restrictions (heck, it's confusing in the gun community). Even LEOs aren't that well versed on the continually changing BATFE interpretations. I took a tactical carbine course south of Atlanta where several APD officers maintain their certifications. Some civilian was using a (real nice) AR pistol with arm brace and was shouldering it the whole course. Only one instructor noticed and we had a detective and two uniformed APD officers in the class who never said a thing. The view among most LEOs is that if you're not committing a violent crime, they really don't have the time to chase down every "illegal" nuance of regulations. I wouldn't always bet on that, but after seeing all the turmoil about arm brace use in the gun-board communities, there really isn't much attention on it in the public , media or within most LEO communities. I also think with the proliferation of registered SBRs, they just can't keep up or spend time checking everybody for their NFA paperwork. Although I plan to eventually SBR my "pistols", I love the fact that the gun industry continues to stymy BATFE regulations with new products and devices. It's just hard to do a NFA registry on firearms when Uncle Sam moves you to potentially more restrictive states. At the end of the day, journalism is dead. The media won't repeat anti-gun stories unless someone else reports it and they rarely fact-check a good "fake-news" story that is inherently anti-gun. They couldn't tell you the difference between a semi-auto and bolt gun, everything is full-auto, every cartridge fired from a rifle is "high-power", and anything over 10-rounds is "high capacity". In other words, arm-brace pistols haven't been included in their anti-gun playbook... ROCK6 |
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May 5, 2017, 04:52 AM | #28 |
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Another way to look at it--maybe if the shouldering of pistols becomes widespread enough--maybe at some point the whole SBR taxation/permitting thing might go away as the boundaries become increasingly artificial? I personally will never pony up the cash for an SBR as long as I can get more or less the same results from a pistol (in the end, all we really talking about is a different buttstock and use of a vertical grip, which I never use on any of my AR configurations anyway).
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May 5, 2017, 01:20 PM | #29 |
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My first AR pistol was surprisingly easy and fun to shoot without ever having to shoulder it. Plus I can conceal it and carry if I wanted. Never have or will conceal carry the AR, but having options is nice.
It's all kinda silly really |
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