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"An M4-style AR-15 is a common firearm, completely legal in the majority of states. Simply buy one and take it into NY, and you're committing multiple felonies."

That's what the citizens of the State of New York want, hard as it might be for you to believe.

This country was formed as a federated republic. Each state had its own constitution and its own laws. The people of each state decided how they will live together.

You're saying they should not be allowed to do that? That one set of laws should apply to every citizen nationwide? That you prefer a centralized government? Washington, DC knows what's best for all of us?

Well, you may end up getting your wish -- just don't be surprised when those laws aren't the laws you thought they would be.

So again we come back to your absurd notion: that a right is protected, except for the parts which the government has decided not to protect.

That's what the citizens of the State of New York want

Is it? I lived there for 37 years, deeply studied the text and history of NY gun laws, and never once were the citizens of NY given a chance to vote directly on the subject. They were allowed to choose their masters, who then went straight on to increasingly infringe NY Civil Right #4 "The right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed" by making possession of firearms a crime, then dolling out exceptions.

Since when is a "right" subject to the whim of a majority? or of a tiny elite minority?

But back to the point: you accused a poster of lying. He has been proven correct, and your absurd notion that "a right may be protected while regulated into oblivion" is once again shown stupid.