Guns: how much longer will it take ....

The issue isn't whether a pistol grip increases or decreases the deadliness of a firearm.

You have changed the meaning of a pistol grip.

Repeating untruths doesn't make them truths.

There's also no conclusive proof that a pistol grip in a necessary item to a fire arm. Therefore, banning is an accurate measure.

What you think is a "fact" doesnt make it so.

The issue is whether a pistol grip is or is not a necessary item to a firearm to consider it a component versus an add-on product that is not essential to render a firearm useless without it. Therefore a pistol grip can be excluded from Strict Scrutiny and not applicable to the 2nd Amendment.

Forward grips

A forward grip often pops up in proposed gun legislation as one of the factors to define an assault weapon.

These devices can be attached to the lower end of the gun's barrel and held by the shooter's non-trigger hand. This becomes extremely helpful in steadying a gun that might begin to shake or become unsteady during rapid fire.

"As for the non-shooting hand, the presence of a protruding grip located in front of the trigger allows the shooter to grasp the gun tightly with both hands, gaining leverage over an unruly weapon," the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence warned in a 2003 paper on the dangers of assault weapons.

And they're cheap. Forward grips listed online sell anywhere from $10 to $150.

New York's SAFE Act, passed in 2013, bans the use of forward grips, as well as bayonet mounts.

if it is a detachable item, not necessary for the firearm to be used, then it is classified as an accessory,

allows the shooter to grasp the gun tightly with both hands, gaining leverage over an unruly weapon

Now what?

Ban them.