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not considered to be particularly “suitable for sporting purposes”
including the USAS-12, Striker-12, Streetsweeper, and 37/38mm
Beanbags. The ATF does not provide any specific definition of
what constitutes being “suitable for sporting purposes” nor does
it specify the methodology in which it determines what makes a
particular shotgun suitable for sporting purposes. Ultimately, one
will have to check with the ATF lists to see whether a particular
shotgun with a larger bore-diameter is classified as a destructive
device or not.
Finally, a destructive device does not need to be a completed and
assembled product to fall under the federal definition and regulation
under the NFA. Much like machine guns, if a person possesses parts
that can be readily assembled into a destructive device, whether or
not the device has actually been constructed is irrelevant—by law
it’s already a destructive device.
Although these firearms, munitions, and devices are prohibited by
the law on its face pursuant to the National Firearms Act, a person
may nevertheless receive permission to possess them so long as
they possess the correct legal authorization.
H. “Any Other Weapons” or AOWs
The AOW category under the NFA pertains to firearms and weapons
that may not fit the traditional definition of some of the firearms
discussed elsewhere in this book due to the way in which they are
manufactured or modified. Under federal law, an AOW is “any
weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from
which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive,
a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or
redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with combination
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