What’s the deal with thumbhole stocks?
The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban restricted a “pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon”. The 1994 language makes no mention that the pistol grip be “separate”. Therefore, it is generally accepted that for the purposes of the 1994 AWB, thumbhole and “Dragunov” stocks are considered as having pistol grips. While for the purposes of Title 18 USC 922(r), they appear to not have a “separate pistol grips”. In addition, the CA Department of Justice web site says: “To implement recent assault weapon legislation, the Department of Justice has proposed regulations to define assault weapon characteristics. Under the proposed regulations, the proposed definition for ‘pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon’ means ‘a grip that allows for a pistol style grasp in which the web of the trigger hand (between the thumb and index finger) can be placed below the top of the exposed portion of the trigger while firing.’” It is my understanding t
