Shouldn't this be classified as a AOW by the ATFE?
If I have to register my Beretta 950BS as an AOW when it's inserted into a wallet holster because it can't be distinguished as a pistol then how is this different.
Looks like a cell phone to me.
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I'm no expert and I have no cites to share....but my best understanding is that the AOW requirement for guns inserted into pocket holsters arises from the ability to actually fire the gun while in the pocket holster. In other words, it is the ability to fire the gun while it "doesn't look like a gun" that justifies the AOW classification under current law.
Since this gun has to have the handle extended to fire, it looks like a gun when able to fire and thus isn't required to be classified as an AOW.
As an analogy in the extreme case, imagine disassembling a firearm down to the point that it didn't look much like a firearm. Does that make it an AOW? Since it can't be fired in that condition, no. Same thing here, it is just that the "reassembly" is faster than in my silly example.
Similarly, your Beretta 950BS and my NAA mini-revolver are not AOWs so long as they are not inserted into a shoot-through pocket holster.
My question is this: Does the holster itself constitute an AOW? Or only if when a gun is inserted into it? Or does it become an AOW when a gun is nearby it?
Charles