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In reply to the discussion: NY Senate Passes 'Landmark' Gun Control Laws [View all]sir pball
(5,356 posts)70. From what I've heard
It's a single-test definition of "assault weapon" - a semiautomatic magazine-fed rifle with any one cosmetic (defined as unrelated to the mechanical workings of the firearm) feature; the Cali-compliant AR abominations have none of those features, usually a pistol grip/bayonet lug/flash hider, so they aren't "assault weapons" and are regulated as normal rifles.
Point being, evil black rifles will still be perfectly legal and available in NYS, they just won't look quite so scary.
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