The USAS and SS were classified as DDs under the "except those shotguns the secretary determines to have a sporting purpose" provision of the 1968 GCA, not as part of the AW ban.
When the AWB sunsets, we will still be held liable for the 10 US parts count and for the ramifications of the administration possibly declaring the saiga a DD, at which point it will be confiscable or registerable (depending on the tack they take).
There is no defense for us against the a DD declaration and whether it happens or not is a purely political decision. I think that it is inevitable if we get anot