I was reading up on the Georgia gun laws, and by their definition, it seems that a shoulder stock, as you said, would turn it into a "rifle", but with one mod, it seems to fit into the "sawed off" category.
http://www.georgiapacking.org/law.php
Dangerous Weapons, section b. under definitions. (near the top)
So, it's still a pistol, but the stock turns it into a rifle category, but the short barrel then makes it enter into the sawed off "dangerous" category.
But also, it seems that if I load one of those shot shells, into my .22lr, that it's no longer a "handgun" any more!
The shot is far smaller than a .17 cal. And I"m not sure about the .17 powders either. Where do they fall?
Looks like, no matter what, they'll never get "perfect" gun laws. At least here, they're pretty "slack".
And it's a good thing that you no longer have to retreat before killing the sludge that broke into your house.
There were a few incidents where armed citizens were able to prevent "bad things" from happening because they were able to draw their weapons and put a stop to it, like an abduction.
They're getting there.
But it still doesn't make sense. If they can make exceptions for certain guns/categories/events etc.... you'd think they could make an exception for a gun stock!
If it was just something they didn't think about, that would be fine (dumb, but fine). But if it's an intentional exclusion, then I fail to see the "dangerous weapon" reasoning behind it.
I mean, how much more "dangerous" can my Mark III become just because I added a removable stock to it??