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Using two hands on a pistol was not a regular thing until the second half of the 20th century. Nobody used two hands to shoot a 1911 or S&W revolver when the nfa was drafted in 1934. That is why they wrote it that way.
The purpose of the nfa was not to combat the gangsters of the day, it was because the gov stole everyone's gold in 1933 with the gold confiscation act. Initially an executive order #6102, The federal reserve or US Treasury no longer redeemed paper money into gold, and forced citizens to turn in their gold for paper money. In January of 1934, congress made it official.
The NFA was written up to try and take citizens guns to keep them from killing everyone in govt. Pistols were almost added to the list, but removed at the last minute. Imagine having to fill out a form 4 and pay a tax for every pistol you own.
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Adding a second 'vertical' grip has been considered as making a non pistol for a loong time. You end up with a ''Firearm'' or an AOW, depending on the OAL of the weapon. Adding a shoulder stock trumps both since the weapon is then intended to be shoulder fired, and is a rifle.
It's all pointless anyway considering a plain handguard is still a second location for a second hand to grasp the weapon. Why on Earth would it matter what orientation the second hand is angled WHEN GRASPING THE WEAPON.....it's still a second freaking hand on the weapon! Plus, most everyone besides John Wick uses a second hand when shooting a pistol anyway. Most factory pistols/handguns are literally DESIGNED and INTENDED to shoot with a second hand, so they aren't even real pistols by definition. BRAINLESS nonsense made up by brainless imbeciles!!!!!!
Using two hands on a pistol was not a regular thing until the second half of the 20th century. Nobody used two hands to shoot a 1911 or S&W revolver when the nfa was drafted in 1934. That is why they wrote it that way.
The purpose of the nfa was not to combat the gangsters of the day, it was because the gov stole everyone's gold in 1933 with the gold confiscation act. Initially an executive order #6102, The federal reserve or US Treasury no longer redeemed paper money into gold, and forced citizens to turn in their gold for paper money. In January of 1934, congress made it official.
The NFA was written up to try and take citizens guns to keep them from killing everyone in govt. Pistols were almost added to the list, but removed at the last minute. Imagine having to fill out a form 4 and pay a tax for every pistol you own.
Yea, I've heard this mentioned before,
using one hand to shoot pistols once was the norm. Here we are today left with a definition of pistols that is all but worthless. My point is about what's going on here and now. Trying to make NEW opinions about grips and their angles is simply ridiculous. If a second hand has any role in the weapons original design or intended use, it's not a pistol by definition, it would simply be a ''firearm'' or an AOW. The ''capable of being concealed'' in an AOW's definition is ridiculous also, it's all based on opinion and has no consistency value. ''Capable of being concealed'' can change based on clothing or the shooters size, and even their ambitions. 26'' is a made up opinionated number to try to salvage the AOW flawed definition. Again, imbeciles came up with these definitions.
Also, logically, a rifle could still be a pistol due to the ''originally'' part of it's definition. Let's say you have a weapon that was ''originally'' designed, made and intended to shoot with one hand, you have a pistol. Adding a shoulder stock doesn't change the fact that it was still ''originally'' designed, made and intended to fire with one hand, remaining a pistol. What you have is a weapon that now fits both weapons definitions....take your pick. A 7 year old could have did a better job of defining a pistol, trying to work around nonsense to fit modern weapons just makes more nonsense..