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Shoulder Stock
If it was designed for use with a shoulder stock, to be fired from the shoulder, then it cannot be a "handgun." It has to be a rifle or shotgun, although of the "Short Barrel" variety if the barrel isn't at least 16 for rifles, 18" for scatterguns. That's why AR-15 style handguns have to be built on special frames whose serial numbers were designated by the manufacturer as "pistol" frames only.
If it was designed for use with a shoulder stock, to be fired from the shoulder, then it cannot be a "handgun." It has to be a rifle or shotgun, although of the "Short Barrel" variety if the barrel isn't at least 16 for rifles, 18" for scatterguns. That's why AR-15 style handguns have to be built on special frames whose serial numbers were designated by the manufacturer as "pistol" frames only.