BlDtyLry wrote:
http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.010
(18) "Pistol" means any firearm with a barrel less than sixteen inches in length, or is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand.
Can you have a Pistol less than 16” and use a Vertical Foregrip?
Less than 16" = Pistol OR Has to be used with one hand = Pistol
10.5" AR Pistol with Foregrip seems to meet our State's definition of Pistol to me. Your thoughts?
Bo
LOL I think this law got 594'd LOL
I seem to remember this saying "And", not "Or". I also seem to remember it saying "Up to 16"...there was a point of contention because the law between pistols and rifles left a grey area suggesting that a 16" barrel could be used for either one.
To answer the question in the OP:
If the firearm has a barrel less than 16"...it is a pistol.
If the firearm is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand...it is a pistol.
If the firearm has a barrel less than 16" and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand...it is still a pistol.
Vertical foregrips are always a no-no on pistols...fed law.
If you want a really confusing one...What is a rifled barrel shotgun, firing 00 shot classified as?
It's not a rifle, and it's not a shotgun. I guess the idea of a slug barrel never occurred to them.
(19) "Rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only
a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.
(24) "Shotgun" means a weapon with one or more barrels, designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire
through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.