Cosmetic tweaks to AR-15 thwart New York's 'ban' on assault rifles

Fox News ^ | 2/14/2014 | Maxim Lott

[sheikdetailfeather]

Simple design tweaks are allowing gun makers to get around restrictions New York put in place following the 2012 school shootings in Connecticut, prompting some critics to say the laws were mere window dressing.

New York lawmakers passed the SAFE Act last year, and announced with fanfare that it effectively banned the sale of “assault weapons.” But AR-15s, the most popular type of guns often referred to as assault weapons, are sold in Empire State gun shops, freely and legally. The gun is being marketed by Stag Arms as a "New York-compliant AR-15," and features a slightly modified stock and no bells and whistles. The gun does not have a pistol grip, for instance - one of the features banned by the act.

[sheikdetailfeather]

LOL!

[TurboZamboni]

With some cosmetic tweaks, I may be able to make Pelosi’s face a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

[Gaffer]

While it seems to be a workaround for that particular set of laws, it entirely defeats one of the main advantages of the rifle.

Besides being a rifle that meets the upgraded guidelines of “carry weight vs. round count,” it totally re-physics (if I can coin that word) the in-line recoil profile of the conventional AR-15 platform with another vectored-recoil profile that causes extra time needed for on-target pointing.

[The Working Man]

They should make that the IYF model, “In your face”.

[sport]

That, My FRiend, would require surgery of a level that is far, far, far beyond the technology if the future.

[DPMD]

Dream on.

As obama said, you can put lipstick on a pig...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Any more cosmetic tweaks to Pelosi’s face and she’ll have an orgasm every time she sneezes.

[Starstruck]

“I believe politicians should not write and pass laws about something they know nothing about,” he said.

Like health care? The article mentions people taking their existing AR-15 in to get them modified so that they can avoid registration. Does anyone know how easy it would be to get them unmodified?

[beelzepug]

“That, My FRiend, would require surgery of a level that is far, far, far beyond the technology if the future.”

If the transporter ever becomes reality, you might be able to rearrange her molecules...oh, hell, just program it for deep space and be done with it.

[puppypusher]

Take a perfectly good rifle a wreck it just to placate the damned State Police and the legislature.These same. Clowns will pass additional laws just like Connecticut did so as to make the public unsure of what is legal and what is not.

My advice would be to by nothing made in Connecticut and I live here.

[Izzy Dunne]

I may be able to make Pelosi’s face a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

Well, do get on with it then - I'm tired of that crime.

[Army Air Corps]

Nancy Pelosi ca. 2117AD

[ApplegateRanch]

The Doctor is in!

[Army Air Corps]

Okay, you win this thread with that one.

[Secret Agent Man]

i’m nancy pelosi, and i’m a human skin tag. :-)

[Beagle8U]

“With some cosmetic tweaks, I may be able to make Pelosi’s face a misdemeanor instead of a felony.”

She’s one facelift away from having a goatee ( and VERY bad breath!)!

[MrB]

Leftists call this “circumventing the law”,

and conservatives call this “complying with the law”.

[Tenacious 1]

Any more cosmetic tweaks to Pelosi’s face and she’ll have an orgasm every time she sneezes.

We are not saying she "CAN"T" have another face lift. But those floppy things on the side of her head aren't her ears.

[MrB]

Whatever you say, nipplecheeks...

[Army Air Corps]

BAM!