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sir pball

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33. No it isn't

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 01:03 PM

Jan 2013

Remove the pistol grip and rename it the XR-91 and it's no longer an "assault weapon" in New York (assuming they're even banned by name, I can't find a text of the bill anywhere). That's the problem with cosmetic definitions, you can skirt them by simply not having the cosmetics. It's still a semiautomatic, magazine-fed .223 - but it's not LEGALLY an "assault weapon".

Can't have a felony if you aren't breaking the (poorly conceived) law.

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No it isn't sir pball Jan 2013 #33

That is the bullshit NRA gun nut diversion - ban it and arrest the violator jpak Jan 2013 #36

Ok, so what exactly do you want to ban? sir pball Jan 2013 #41

With regard to the AR15 - any .223 semiauto variant that was designed and sold with jpak Jan 2013 #42

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So you'd be alright with mine? sir pball Jan 2013 #62

define 'sold with' ... quadrature Jan 2013 #68

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As compared to yours? NickB79 Jan 2013 #52

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Unless you get caught - then you don't feel so good. jpak Jan 2013 #31

Caught for what? sir pball Jan 2013 #34

I have a problem with so-called Gun Nut "Law Abiders" that try to skirt the law jpak Jan 2013 #35

On what charges, pray tell? sir pball Jan 2013 #40

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Really? - is that what the new New York GUN SANITY law says? jpak Jan 2013 #45

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I'm pretty sure it does. sir pball Jan 2013 #60

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