Recent content by kzin

They may at any time claim a standard 870 is an AW. That doesn't make it correct to say that the law makes it one.

The proposed new federal AWB explicitly defines all the parts as an AW. One of the reasons I don't accept these worst possible interpretations of laws that clearly have another purpose is that the worst things are queued up and waiting in clear language.

I don't believe that one either. The proposed law clearly prohibits assembling ghost guns. It takes a clearly incorrect reading to apply it to non-ghost guns. We could argue that one for quite a while since it won't pass the senate.

Barreled actions are a lot more problematic than lowers. Many(most,all?) can be fired and expel a projectile.

It doesn't really say any part. It says any part with the sole purpose of enabling full auto fire(or something to that effect). The obvious intention being to make full auto parts illegal in themselves. So the ruling for that shoelace which was in fact enabling auto fire was dumb but not quite...

Sure, With purchasing lowers we could just wait to see if they're still sold or not. Then we lose the fun of speculating on it. ;) Possession of others is a lot trickier. We could dump something that ends up being ok or with bad luck end up in jail for something we expected to be ok. You made...

It says WEAPON containing... There is no reason to consider a lower a weapon other than the ATF definition. Another problem is that if possession of a lower is criminal do you really stop being in possession just because you build it up? Then all ARs are illegal. Since every gun has some sort...

OTOH - I bet it won't be long before we see an administrative proclamation or change in the law that a lower purchase is subject to one of SAR or pistol license.

Exactly. NY 265 bans possession of dangerous weapons including firearms. The only reason to consider a lower a firearm is the ATFs arbitrary decision that for their purposes it is the one piece that is THE firearm. That doesn't matter for NYs possession law. Banning lowers may come but this...

No it's not.

There is absolutely nothing in the text of the semi auto license bill that was passed concerning ammo. I've read every word several times. eta-I was looking hard for the rimfire exemption in particular ;)

One point made in the link to a legal firm I provided is that given the lack of definition of what a pistol is maybe a shockwave can be one with some modification. So add a brace to make it intended to be fired with one hand? eta- The probable new ATF weight limit may be problematic. We'd need...

No doubt you've raised enough of a valid point that to be clearly safe from prosecution one would be well advised to add a stock to their alleged shotgun. eta - add stock to 18"er I see no 'safe' road to keeping a shockwave. Maybe stock AND new barrel? That would probably cost more than discard...

Interesting. Specifics?

https://www.newyorkcriminalattorneyblog.com/new-yorks-new-gun-laws-part-iv-closing-loopholes-others-and-magazines/ Lawyers don't claim to know these things yet either. This suggests both that counties probably shouldn't accept shockwaves as pistols and that the individual would be covered IF...