""Assault pistol" means a semiautomatic pistol that accepts a detachable magazine"... ..."but does not include a firearm with a barrel sixteen or more inches in length"...
Nowhere does it state it must be weldedI'm still waiting for the written direction that a magazine needs to be welded.
What if I change uppers and put a 16" on? Then it can have detachable magazines. What if I run it as a straight pull?
What about an adjustable gas system. Close it for short lengths, open for long length barrels. I'm using a tool (hex key, etc.) to change it. And besides,
PCC can run without a gas system.
They way they have these statutes written is so purposefully ambiguous, you can't help but run afoul of the law. And here, you're guilty until you've proven yourself innocent at huge expense. And no loser pays...
If you welded a mag to make the pistol configuration legal, changing the upper to a rifle configuration isn't going to let you have a detachable mag. The mag well is on the lower. that's my whole point on why it's not required
Adjustable gas systems are still gas systems. It defines a semi-automatic where the action is gas driven. True but when closed it operates as a single action/bolt action as the gas cannot cycle the BFG
I'm not familiar with PCC (Pistol Caliber Carbine?? Yup). But I believe the design of an AR includes a BCG that requires exhaust gas from the barrel to operate and make it semiauto. All of that is contained in the upper: barrel, gas block, gas tube, BCG, buffer, (these are in the lower) etc. If the overall design of the action is no longer based on gas expulsion to operate the semi-auto action, would it even be classified an AR? The only info I found in a short time is that a PCC uses blow-back to operate the action. Sounds like a gas system to me, but I am not sure. Is there something other than gas and manual mode on a semiauto PCC?
A PCC runs just like a handgun does. It uses the blow back from firing to cycle the bolt. The gas from the tube is irrelevant. It's why you can run a 4" barrel on a 9mm AR pistol
Back to standard AR15s, using a KALIKEY BCG would make it a bolt gun, thus no "welding" of the magazine. That's why the made up requirement of welding from HPD is bullshit. And even though they can say whatever they want, using a bullet button or other item that prevents you from changing the magazine without using tools or disassembly of the action is legal, as is codified in other states laws and through various lawsuits around the country. Yes I know their stance and I'm waiting for that position in writing, but until then they can suck it. I've asked HPD and the AG for a written definition and both flat refuse on how they determine what a "detachable magazine" is. I've gotten to the point of building a shit cheap one just knowing it would be confiscated in order to file suit against them in order to get a real definition, not their ambiguous bullshit.
Yes the LOWER receiver has the trigger/hammer and that's it. It has zero bearing on how the AR operates, nor does it care about barrel length. It also doesn't care what caliber you have it in. Whether that's .17HMR or .50 BEOWOLF or anywhere in between. It's also why HPD can't make you go back after you've built a stripped lower when you say it's a pistol, even though they say you have to. You've followed the law and registered it. There is nothing in the law that says you have to go back to prove a build.