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Are we free now to make California legal AOWs?

Mine is engraved because I had it done a while ago, and still waiting for ATF approval. But now I don't know what to do.
Just wait on approval. You don’t know what next administration will do and they can reverse it. I have one nfa sbr and they engraved the inner magwell. Might do another but leaning towards going from 556 to 300bo or 9mm on that one.
 
If you don’t have to engrave anymore how do you show your “pistol” is actually an AOW

It just is one when you add a forward vertical grip. The engraving itself isn’t what made it into an AOW, adding the forward grip did. The AOW engraving was just a requirement of the registration along with all the other requirements like a picture, fingerprints, and the $200 tax stamp.
 
Wish I understood this better. These laws make no sense. An AOW is just a short barreled weapon with a vertical grip?
 
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