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| Manufacturers Change Look of AR-15; Rifle Is Now Legal in New York State |
| 2014-02-11 |
| Pass a stupid law, get a stupid result. When the opponents of "assault weapon" bans argue that it is preposterous for the state to ban firearms based on the way they look, they really mean it. It is. The rifle in the photograph above is no more or less powerful than the one that has been banned; it just looks different. And, because the SAFE Act was, typically, interested only in cosmetic questions, a simple change to its aesthetic rendered the rifle legal once more. As Clash Daily's Jonathan S. explains: Prototypes for the newly designed AR-15 are hitting gun shops across New York, as gun shops and machinists have designed a rifle that complies with the anti-gun law. At least one gun shop has received a letter from state police saying that the new AR-15 style rifles should be legal in the state as long as they don't have some of the features that the law prohibits. The new gun law bans all kinds of semi-automatic rifles that have been labeled with the "assault" term even though these are very common rifles and are no more powerful than the average hunting rifle. Features like adjustable stocks, pistols grips, and flash suppressors has been deemed to be unlawful on these rifles, mainly because it makes them LOOK mean. And we all know how little these anti-gun lawmakers really know about guns, as the "Ghost gun" video illustrated. The new AR-15 design did away with the pistol grip which gives the gun an odd paintball gun look. The stock is fixed as well, but at least New Yorkers now have a legal way to own an AR-15, a fact which is still driving some gun control activists mad. Reading this story, one would almost conclude that legislation that deals only with the superficial and the irrelevant is inherently silly. Curious. Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728). BraaawHaaaaaaaw. Sometimes I love unintended consequences. This is a twofor. American ingenuity exerts itself. People are fleeing New York. New York will lose tax money. There won't be as much money to continue such nitwittery. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #9 They should add "Hello Kitty" stickers. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2014-02-11 16:43 |
| #8 Cain killed Able. Weapon of choice was not a gun. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-02-11 16:04 |
| #7 Looks to me like the next logical step is to register hands and feet. Lethal weapons! Well they are. Some 380 people were killed by rifles/assault guns in 2011 while over 750 people were killed with hands and feet the same year. Obviously hands and feet are more deadly and people must register them or have them removed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-02-11 12:26 |
| #6 Don't forget butter-knives! Deadly weapons those. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-02-11 11:41 |
| #5 Looks to me like the next logical step is to register hands and feet. Lethal weapons! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-02-11 11:21 |
| #4 AR-15/Arc-Light-equipped F-150 Fleet™. Drink, dammit! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-02-11 11:14 |
| #3 Drink up! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-02-11 11:02 |
| #2 They only banned cosmetic features. Now it looks different. Same rifle. Different look. The Left still thinks it won a great victory. How do you even argue with people like that? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-02-11 10:59 |
| #1 Looks like an F-150 dash mounted variant. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-11 10:07 |