Kenshin
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I mean, how come putting a PG Stock + Removable Mag = AW?
What's so bad about the Pistol Grip?
What's so bad about the Pistol Grip?
Why'd they have to put restrictions on PG STock Rifles?
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Maybe when gripping a PG stock a nerve in your hand is depressed causing your evilness to increase 3200% Thus capable of turning the Pope into a seething, mass murdering, Satan Worshipping, Son of a gun!!!!
Or maybe the political elite in your particular area are suffering from the ailment below.
Take your pick, but I prefer the latter theory.
Or maybe the political elite in your particular area are suffering from the ailment below.
Take your pick, but I prefer the latter theory.
Well "it is a feature of military rifles, that allows you to spray bullets from the hip and has no place on a sporting rifle".
That is the actual logic behind it. The actual reason they were banned is because so many modern military rifles have that feature in common.
deej
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Well, if they're worried about people "spraying bullets from the hip," they should REQUIRE all long guns to have a pistol grip, as the spraying-bullets-from-the-hip method of marksmanship is inherently less accurate.
beerslurpy
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Ironically, if I remove the pistol grip from my pistol and put on a sporting rifle stock I am comitting a felony.
nico
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well, if there were a requirement that all gun laws be consistent with each other, there wouldn't be more than a dozen or so.
benEzra
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Because pistol grip stocks are nontraditional looking compared to the late-1800's aesthetic of most wooden-stocked hunting rifles, and many anti-gun extremists consider them Scary Looking. Which is enough to get them banned...
Another factor (and perhaps the main reason PG stocks were a target) is that the prohibitionists want to ban ALL self-loaders, but realized early on that that would be political suicide. So they concocted a features list that would exempt many traditional-looking self-loaders like the mini-14 and Remington 7400, while grabbing as many of the others as they could.
Another factor (and perhaps the main reason PG stocks were a target) is that the prohibitionists want to ban ALL self-loaders, but realized early on that that would be political suicide. So they concocted a features list that would exempt many traditional-looking self-loaders like the mini-14 and Remington 7400, while grabbing as many of the others as they could.
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