Defining a MSSA Naughty Pistol Grip:

My attention was recently drawn to the current police definition of a "Pistol Grip":

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A semi-automatic firearm (other than a pistol) that has a pistol grip will be a MSSA:

A pistol Grip is a free-standing grip that -

(a) Is designed to be gripped by the whole or most of the trigger hand of a person firing the firearm and
(b) Is (if any trigger guard is disregarded) structurally connected to the firearm at only one point; and

(c) When deployed, protrudes from the firearm in a direction that is closer to being perpendicular to the barrel than to being parallel to it; and

(d) Is neither -
     (i) a thumb-hole stock; nor
     (ii) a stock of the type commonly referred to as a Drugunov stock or Drugunov style stock.

Grip, in relation to a firearm, means a component of the firearm that (whether or not it is designed to serve some other purpose or purposes) is designed to be gripped by the trigger hand of a person while the person is firing the firearm.

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Someone pointed-out that my 'New York' pistol grip stock would form a New Zealand LEGAL A-Cat free-standing grip if the dog-leg butt-stock were cut-off and a standard AR15 butt was fitted - because its angle would be closer to parallel than perpendicular to the barrel.

JRC on its Bipod

I had been nervous about my Israeli made bipod that forms a perpendicular fore-grip when the legs are closed - wondering if it might be classed as a free-standing pistol grip (which it effectively is) - but the 11 December 2013 clarification says that it must be gripped by the trigger hand to be defined as such.

The Closed BIPOD forms a Legal A-Cat Fore-grip.

I have mounted the MBUS 'Back-up Sights' on the side front rail as they had to be moved to shift the scope rearward to improve eye relief.

As Kermit says - "It's not easy being green" -  You need a clear thinking legal mind to sort-out what is required at various times eh. - We could use a Kiwi version of The NRA to sort this stuff for us all.

Marty K
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