Friday - February 14, 2014

tweak this ya commies

No pistol grip. No thumbhole stock. No grenade launcher. No bayonet lug. No flash suppressor. No carry handle. And a 7 round, NY legal, magazine.

I’m sure liberals feel this is cheating, just like the simple modifications made to the AR-15 back in Clinton’s day with the first AWB to make those rifles legal. We call it staying in business. They expected their Chinese Take Out menu rules of “one from Column A, one from Column B” to make these guns go away. Not a chance dimwits. Not a chance.

Simple design tweaks are allowing gun makers to get around restrictions New York put in place following the 2012 school shootings in Connecticut, prompting some critics to say the laws were mere window dressing.

New York lawmakers passed the SAFE Act last year, and announced with fanfare that it effectively banned the sale of “assault weapons.” But AR-15s, the most popular type of guns often referred to as assault weapons, are sold in Empire State gun shops, freely and legally. The gun is being marketed by Stag Arms as a “New York-compliant AR-15,” and features a slightly modified stock and no bells and whistles. The gun does not have a pistol grip, for instance - one of the features banned by the act.

“This just shows that the gun prohibition lobby uses symbolic gestures over substance to push their anti-gun rights agenda. Banning guns based on cosmetic features proves that point,” Alan Gottlieb, president of the Second Amendment Foundation, told FoxNews.com.

“get around restrictions” means the same as “comply with the law”, but seemingly from the hoplophobic side of the looking glass. Or perhaps not, but I think this is one time to get extra double uppity over terminology. If pro-murder can be “pro choice” and all the other “code word” PC expressions that must and must not be used, then we can demand this one. “Willingly complies with the law”. yeah, that sounds nice.

In New York, an assault weapon is defined as any semi-automatic rifle that accepts a magazine and has any of a list of ten features, ranging from a pistol-like grip to a flash suppressor to a bayonet mount.
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“The New York State Police have told us that by removing all of the prohibited design characteristics the rifle is no longer considered an “assault weapon” and is therefore not subject to the registration requirement,” Steve Byron, President of S&B Products, told FoxNews.com.

So there you have it. ”willingly comply with the law” can now mean the same thing as the classic Chinese ”thank you so much for your precious advice” : G. F. Y.

Posted by Drew458     on 02/14/2014 at 02:30 PM   
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