Just reading through and saw this. No longer a shoulder thingy that goes up.

15 ‘‘(38) The term ‘barrel shroud’—
16 ‘‘(A) means a shroud that is attached to, or
17 partially or completely encircles, the barrel of a fire18
arm so that the shroud protects the user of the fire19
arm from heat generated by the barrel; and
20 ‘‘(B) does not include—
21 ‘‘(i) a slide that partially or completely en22
closes the barrel; or
23 ‘‘(ii) an extension of the stock along the
24 bottom of the barrel which does not encircle or
25 substantially encircle the barrel.

Is it just me or does this sound like a way to generally ensnare anything that has a handguard on it?

Full text is here
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/publ...f-69e69f517fb4

Nice list of the exempted firearms by name, (nice of them) I notice no pistols made the exempt list at all.