@hankforker
You're correct. My statement should have read brace, not stock.
@Jeepsnguns81
That's great. You and your lawyer can argue that the gov't forms were filled out incorrectly (yes, it happens), maybe they'll believe you.
The instructions on the 4473 are not law, in and of themselves. Hence why they reference US Code. No part of US Code or the GCA support that determination. It's like the instructions on the Form 1 that state you must notify ATF of caliber change. Nothing in the law supports that and no one follows it.
@BigWaylon
I went to a dealer, with some friends, and was peer pressured into buying a complete lower. Of course I can't find the receipt so my only paper trail has it listed as a Long Gun. No, I've never been back
I get it, but nothing in this game is perfect or permanent. Look at the guy that posted about an SBR that the first dealer F'd the paperwork up and then went out of business. He got it transferred to another dealer and then the ATF said he had a stolen, illegally configured firearm (something to this affect). Is he to just tell ATF their paperwork is wrong and to pound sand, becaue in his heart he knows it to be true and he has a receipt? We both know it doesn't go this way.
This is a page from my most recent request for an updated list of all firearms recorded in my name:
Notice the "LA" in the Guntype column? If this was put as "other" on a 4473/DPS-3-c, than it would have "OA" marked down (as all my stripped lowers or bare receivers reflect this). I'm sure the fact that barrel is marked "0" would help me, but there's a definite fight to prove it wasn't a rifle.