The truth is that the AR "pistol" (with or without the brace) is not really a pistol. It's really in another category which should have a completely new name - something like "Midget Carbine", "Shorty", "Chop-Shop-Bang-Bang", or "Sport-Arm". The law hasn't been updated to take into account this type of firearm. Nor do I (or most gun owners) want any law updated to properly categorize it - this would just mean more punitive restrictions. Thankfully, there is no chance on the immediate horizon that Congress will try and "fix" this.
Still, we all know that the AR thingamagig isn't a pistol; and neither are any other similar sized stockless thingamagigs that fire center-fired rifle cartridges. Probably, the same goes for similar sized thingamagigs that fire center-fired pistol cartridges as well.
It makes no sense for our purposes to try and fit these things into the buckets created by gun control acts which are over all over 40 years old.
This ^^^^^!!!!
To argue "what it is" is an exercise in futility - semantics.
As for what the manufacturer calls it, of course they will say it's a pistol. This is the whole point of the semantics argument. They would not be able to sell ONE unit if they called it anything else. What's perplexing is the BATF agrees!
What troubles me is that so many people focus on the "what it is" argument and completely ignore the principles behind it, in this case, the US Constitution. Sheeple are easily led to believe anything the Fed Gov force feeds them, blindly obey, and categorize anyone that "defies" the Feds, "insane". This is the kind of "thinking" that not only perpetuates the 40 year old NFA, it actually creates new, more restrictive laws. This is the liberal disease and most don't even know they have it.
I'm not sure what the CoPD's motivation is. Either he will not argue semantics, or he supports the 2A. Both are sane positions.
Regardless of intent, what happens in a free market when there are such restrictive rules imposed by a government? Americans innovate, Socialists stagnate. If people did not push the fringes and challenge the law (without openly breaking them), where would this country be? Good or bad, at least it's not stagnant and is the essence and brilliance of our Constitution.
BTW, only Clark County/Boulder City requires registration of handguns. NO registration required of either HG/rifles throughout the rest of Nevada.
