How to Get AOW

[icee169]

Hello all, Kinda of new to this so sorry if this has been asked before.

Question #1: I purchased a Draco pistol. Id like to install a forward grip. I understand that this turns it into a AOW and I need a tax stamp. How to I go about doing this? Do I have to go the trust route?

Question #2: Is it as hard to get AOW status on a pistol here in CA as it is to get a SBR tax stamp on a long gun?

Any help would be appreciate.

[nn3453]

"# (4) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of the following:

* (A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.
* (B) A second handgrip.
* (C) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel that allows the bearer to fire the weapon without burning his or her hand, except a slide that encloses the barrel.
* (D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip."

So unless Roberti-Roos gets repealed, there doesn't seem to be a way.

But I guess your Draco has a fixed mag type setup, otherwise D would apply and you wouldn't be able to have it in the first place, so "detachable mag" does not apply so I'm not sure. Someone else here would know.

[Josh3239]

AK pistols require a magazine lock anyways so the evil features don't matter.

Yes, AOWing a handgun is possible in California, it is all in this post: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=82693

[ke6guj]

AK pistols require a magazine lock anyways so the evil features don't matter.

Yes, AOWing a handgun is possible in California, it is all in this post: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ad.php?t=82693

Yes, it is covered in that thread. And yes, people have legally AOW'ed AK-pattern pistols in CA per the info in that thread.

[Quiet]

"# (4) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of the following:

* (A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.
* (B) A second handgrip.
* (C) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel that allows the bearer to fire the weapon without burning his or her hand, except a slide that encloses the barrel.
* (D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip."

So unless Roberti-Roos gets repealed, there doesn't seem to be a way.

But I guess your Draco has a fixed mag type setup, otherwise D would apply and you wouldn't be able to have it in the first place, so "detachable mag" does not apply so I'm not sure. Someone else here would know.

Roberti-Roos has nothing to due with "assault weapons" based on features.