State Legality Matrix / Assault Weapon Feature Bans / Delaware
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-10
Yes. Named-model list plus a copycat one-of-five-feature test; sale, manufacture, transfer, and new possession are banned, with pre-2022 possession grandfathered. Effective 2022-06-30.
Controlling law: 11 Del. C. §§ 1464-1467 (Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022)
Triggering features: folding stock, telescoping stock, pistol grip, forward grip, flash suppressor, grenade launcher, threaded barrel, barrel shroud.
HB 450. A copycat centerfire semi-auto rifle taking a detachable magazine triggers on any one of five features. Lawful pre-effective-date possession is grandfathered with transport restrictions; a voluntary certificate of possession is available. The ban was upheld on appeal and the Supreme Court declined cert.
There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated by the Fifth Circuit and is not enforced, so braced pistols are not SBRs under federal law. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.
Scope: State laws restricting semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns by configuration features: threaded barrels, pistol grips, folding or telescoping stocks, flash suppressors, forward grips, and similar. Magazine capacity limits are tracked as a separate class.
Yes. Named-model list plus a copycat one-of-five-feature test; sale, manufacture, transfer, and new possession are banned, with pre-2022 possession grandfathered. Effective 2022-06-30. Controlling law: 11 Del. C. §§ 1464-1467 (Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022).
The controlling law is 11 Del. C. §§ 1464-1467 (Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022). Named-model list plus a copycat one-of-five-feature test; sale, manufacture, transfer, and new possession are banned, with pre-2022 possession grandfathered.
Delaware's rule took effect 2022-06-30. HB 450. A copycat centerfire semi-auto rifle taking a detachable magazine triggers on any one of five features. Lawful pre-effective-date possession is grandfathered with transport restrictions; a voluntary certificate of possession is available. The ban was upheld on appeal and the Supreme Court declined cert.
There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated by the Fifth Circuit and is not enforced, so braced pistols are not SBRs under federal law. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.
In a feature-ban state, swapping the pistol grip for a featureless grip is the cheapest path to a compliant rifle that keeps its detachable magazine. These grips are purpose-built for that test.
Wider fin-style featureless grip with a fuller palm shelf for shooters who want more support than the Simple grip.
Fin-style featureless grip that replaces the protruding pistol grip on a feature-restricted AR-15 build.
Billet aluminum featureless grip for California AR-15 builds that keeps a standard magazine release.
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