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Posted: 3/10/2024 1:17:46 PM EDT
The definition of an AOW in the US code is as follows.  

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5845
(e)Any other weapon
The term “any other weapon” means any weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive, a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more, less than 18 inches in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire. Such term shall not include a pistol or a revolver having a rifled bore, or rifled bores, or weapons designed, made, or intended to be fired from the shoulder and not capable of firing fixed ammunition.
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So how is a pistol with a foregrip attached an AOW. ?

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/am-i-required-register-my-pistol-if-i-want-put-vertical-fore-grip-it

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https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/open-letter/all-ffls-may2006-open-letter-adding-vertical-fore-grip-handgun/download
Link Posted: 3/10/2024 1:35:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/10/2024 1:38:20 PM EDT
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Yes.  Because they said so.
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I think this article kind of explains that logic too.
https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/blog/please-dont-put-a-vertifcal-foregrip-on-a-pistol/
They are saying that adding the grip "manufactures" a new firearm, but two hand grip or foregrip is not in the AOW designation either.
Link Posted: 3/11/2024 3:00:31 AM EDT
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The legal definition of a handgun under federal law is...

The term "handgun" means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and. (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.


The key part is designed to be fired with one hand... which means when you add a forward grip to a handgun it is no longer a handgun. It becomes a AOW because it is concealable on ones person and is not a handgun. Just like a pen gun, wallet gun, cane gun etc.
Link Posted: 3/11/2024 3:01:27 AM EDT
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The legal definition of a handgun under federal law is...

The term "handgun" means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and. (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.


The key part is designed to be fired with one hand... which means when you add a forward grip to a handgun it is no longer a handgun. It becomes a AOW because it is concealable on ones person and is not a handgun. Just like a pen gun, wallet gun, cane gun etc.
Link Posted: 3/11/2024 3:01:27 AM EDT
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The legal definition of a handgun under federal law is...

The term "handgun" means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and. (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.


The key part is designed to be fired with one hand... which means when you add a forward grip to a handgun it is no longer a handgun. It becomes a AOW because it is concealable on ones person and is not a handgun. Just like a pen gun, wallet gun, cane gun etc.
Link Posted: 3/11/2024 3:02:01 AM EDT
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The legal definition of a handgun under federal law is...

The term "handgun" means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and. (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.


The key part is designed to be fired with one hand... which means when you add a forward grip to a handgun it is no longer a handgun. It becomes a AOW because it is concealable on ones person and is not a handgun. Just like a pen gun, wallet gun, cane gun etc.
Link Posted: 3/11/2024 8:04:04 AM EDT
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The legal definition of a handgun under federal law is...

The term "handgun" means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and. (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.


The key part is designed to be fired with one hand... which means when you add a forward grip to a handgun it is no longer a handgun. It becomes a AOW because it is concealable on ones person and is not a handgun. Just like a pen gun, wallet gun, cane gun etc.
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I see what you are saying, but look at the exclusion for rifled barrels. I have it marked in red.
Link Posted: 3/17/2024 6:26:58 AM EDT
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There is an exclusion for PISTOLS and REVOLVERS with a rifled bore... but since under the law a pistol or revolver must be designed to be fired with one hand once you add a second grip it is no longer a pistol or revolver. Then the rifled barrel exclusion no longer applies.
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