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<blockquote data-quote="Koshinn" data-source="post: 1505808" data-attributes="member: 18314"><p>Ok I have a question. I have an AR-15 pistol and I want to add a vertical fore grip to the front to make it easier to handle.</p><p></p><p>The ATF (<a href="http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2006/04/041006-openletter-nfa-adding-vertical-fore-grip.html" target="_blank">http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2006/04/041006-openletter-nfa-adding-vertical-fore-grip.html</a>) says this makes it an "Any Other Weapon" which requires finger prints, a picture, and $200.</p><p></p><p>The 9th Circuit Court (US v Fix, 4 Fed. Appx. 324) disagrees... note, this decision was in 2001, the ATF made that press release in 2006.</p><p></p><p>I think the ATF's main argument is the word "originally" in the definition of "pistol" in 27 C.F.R. 179.11 (<a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/aprqtr/27cfr179.11.htm" target="_blank">http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/aprqtr/27cfr179.11.htm</a>).</p><p></p><p>The ATF asserts that by adding a VFG to the front of a pistol, you're "making" a brand new weapon, changing the "original" intent to use it with one hand.</p><p></p><p>Since OK isn't in the 9th circuit, is there any other more binding ruling for OK residents regarding VFGs on a pistol?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Koshinn, post: 1505808, member: 18314"] Ok I have a question. I have an AR-15 pistol and I want to add a vertical fore grip to the front to make it easier to handle. The ATF ([url]http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2006/04/041006-openletter-nfa-adding-vertical-fore-grip.html[/url]) says this makes it an "Any Other Weapon" which requires finger prints, a picture, and $200. The 9th Circuit Court (US v Fix, 4 Fed. Appx. 324) disagrees... note, this decision was in 2001, the ATF made that press release in 2006. I think the ATF's main argument is the word "originally" in the definition of "pistol" in 27 C.F.R. 179.11 ([url]http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/aprqtr/27cfr179.11.htm[/url]). The ATF asserts that by adding a VFG to the front of a pistol, you're "making" a brand new weapon, changing the "original" intent to use it with one hand. Since OK isn't in the 9th circuit, is there any other more binding ruling for OK residents regarding VFGs on a pistol? [/QUOTE]
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