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***So NY lowers magazine capacity to 7 in direct response to the Sandy Hook shooting.****

It has always been about handguns. Assault rifles are just a decoy to try and get their anti-gun foot in the door.

Once they get a ban on AWs then they will use the same reasons to go after handguns.

John Kennedy killed with a 5 shot bolt action rifle.

Medgar Evers, shot with a 5 shot 1917 bolt action Enfield rifle.

Martin Luther King, shot with a 4 shot Remington 760 pump action Gamemaster rifle.

Bobby Kennedy with a .22 Iver Johnson Cadet revolver.

George Wallace wounded with a 5 shot Charter Arms .38spl revolver.

Howard Johnsons shooter killed nine, wounded thirteen with a 4 shot RUGER .44 mag Deerslayer rifle.

Gerald Ford attacked with a 7 shot 1911 semi auto.

Edmond OK post office with two National Guard 7 shot 1911 pistols.

Ronald Reagan and Jim Brady with an RG-14 .22 revolver.

What do they all have in common? NONE over 7 rounds, yet after each one came a cry of panic to ban them.

The number 7 is actually very clever, since it applies to .22 rim fire magazines as well as large calibers. NY has actually banned the importation and sale of almost all modern detachable magazine fed semi-automatic rifles and pistols. For example, I have a .22 Weatherby Mark VVII semi-auto rifle that's about 30 years old that came with nothing but 10 round magazines; ditto for a Browning Buckmark .22 pistol. Going on to larger calibers, the old M1911 .45 army model pistol holds 8 rounds, as do many modern clones of the same pistol. Indeed, most full size modern 9 mm. and larger caliber pistols hold 10 or more rounds. It's only a few of the very small pocket pistols that come in at 7 or fewer rounds. It's even worse with magazine fed semi-auto rifles, including .22 rim fire rifles, almost all of which have 10 round and larger standard magazines. Thus, NY has effectively outlawed the sale and importation of just about all modern semi-auto handguns and rifles without actually saying so.

That’s what I find comical/nonsensical. The next big posturing by some public servant will be, “...I propose tough, and I mean tough new gun control, magazines will be limited to 6, no.. uh.. 5, yes FIVE shots.”

IMO, someone looking to kill will do it with a 10 round mag, a 7 round mag, a single shot bolt action, a rock, a set of Ginsu knives complete with lifetime warranty and a decorative vegetable peeler, etc.

I just want my 2A rights fully preserved, not limited by arbitrary controls meant to make some leftard feel good about himself.