If an AR-style receiver is sold as a handgun, then is it illegal to put a shoulder stock on it? (Unless you've registered it as an NFA firearm?)
That's not a slippery slope, that's a catch-22 trap! Lowell Savage [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:13:45 -0400 From: Henry Schaffer <[email protected]> To: firearmsregprof <[email protected]> I heard from a gun shop owner that a lower receiver for an AR-15 (i.e. the part with the serial number) is now considered to be a handgun and that the sales/transfer regulations are those for handguns rather than long guns. I looked up the 4473 form at https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-ov er-counter-atf-form-53009/download and Question 18 has a category for receiver under "Other Firearm" separate from handguns and long guns. The instructions for Question 18 include, "If a frame or receiver can only be made into a long gun (rifle or shotgun), it is still a frame or receiver not a handgun or long gun." So apparently a receiver which "can" be made into a handgun is considered to be a handgun, and treated as such. What receivers can not be made into handguns? --henry schaffer _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
