Man with AR-style pistol arrested at Aetna's Connecticut headquarters without incident

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Well they aren't select fire for one

theres a loophole where that isn't a short-barreled rifle because it doesn't have a stock, it has an arm brace to strap to your forearm that looks like a stock, and you definitely totally won't use it as one nosiree It's f****** stupid

There's extra regulations around short barreled rifles and shotguns. The supreme Court has essentially crippled those restrictions by very literal and specific interpretations of definitions. So now you can sidestep restrictions around burst-fire with things like binary triggers or bump stocks, and say it's a pistol instead of an SBR by putting a "wrist brace" on the back even though it's shaped like a stock wink wink

Nothing, that's exactly what it is. The "brace" can be used as a stock, although the rules say "holding it that way counts as an illegal modification". This was simply a way of getting around laws about short barreled rifles by arguing that because you can fire it with one point of contact, it's a pistol. One could argue that it benefits disabled people by allowing them to use an AR with only one arm, but that's not how it's mostly used. Which is dumber: a brace makes it a pistol (although can be used as a rifle) OR that holding it like a rifle constitutes an illegal modification? Hard to judge honestly.

And assault bananas

You are getting down voted for asking the same reasonable question i had. What am I missing?

No. They look like normal AR platform firearms available in both rifle and pistol variations (the only legal difference is measurements and if a stock is mounted according to ATF)

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So, like an FN Five-Seven?

An AR-style pistol is literally just a regular AR15 but with a barrel less than 16 inches long (usually 11, 13, or 14.5 inches), a stabilizing brace instead of a stock, and no foregrip. The brace + no foregrip is the legal workaround to not be in possession of a short barrel rifle (SBR), which requires special permission from the ATF.

so ar pistol means it’s a short barrel (carbine) ar with no stock so you cant shoulder it. A machine pistol is a pistol capable of full auto fire. ar pistols can be made full auto with a drop in auto sear (illegal pretty much). a Glock 18c would be considered a machine pistol. hope that helps!

Nope any time the media is talking about an AR style weapon they almost always are talking about an ArmaLite Rifle (AR) weapon. Considering it's the cheapest, easiest to buy, and most modifiable rifle in the US. Just about every mass shooting incident involves that a weapon based on the ArmaLite Rifle design.

Also it does stand for Assault Rifle in certain guns, like the [SAR-21](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAR_21).

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