Posted on 04/13/2013 1:40:19 AM PDT by Daffynition
As Mark Malkowski watched Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sign the gun control bill into law on April 4, he sat in his office with three military-style rifles.
Nothing unusual there, since Malkowski’s New Britain company, Stag Arms, makes the AR-15-style guns. But one of the black weapons was a bit different – it had a sawed-off pistol grip.
The de-gripped rifle was the first go-around in Stag’s effort to design a gun that’s legal for sale in Connecticut, and still has the core of the AR-15, the wildly popular type of rifle that represents fully one-quarter of all firearms sales in the United States.
Even as he considers relocation offers from Texas and other states, he’s moving ahead in the time-honored tradition of factory managers and engineers, solving the latest problem.
“Don’t dismiss the creative minds of manufacturers. We’re entrepreneurs, we’re job creators and we will do what we have to do to succeed,” he said, minutes after Malloy signed the bill.
On that day of grimness for this 10-year-old business with 200 employees, the gun with a lopped handhold might have seemed nothing more than a symbol of protest. But now, more than a week later, Malkowski reports progress.
“I’m currently working with some prototypes that may be something that would be available for Connecticut citizens,” Malkowski said. “It’s still early in the development.”
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Picked up a STAG model 8 a while back. They make a quality rifle imho. I would like to see them tell CT to GTH and set up shop outside of enemy territory. They’ll do what they think is best for business but I willnot be sending any more of my dollars into enemy territory.
It doesn't have a pistol grip so it must be safe.
Any ONE of the no-no’s. protruding magazine, flash hider, bayo mount, bipod, etc. is what the Senate bill contains. I’d imagine the CT bill is worse.
Any ONE of the no-no’s. protruding magazine, flash hider, bayo mount, bipod, etc. is what the Senate bill contains. I’d imagine the CT bill is worse.
If I could afford one, I’d do it tomorrow.
The shadowboxing doesn’t help America.
Do the war and be done with it.
If I encountered a psychotic shooter in the theater, the first thing I would check would be the muzzle - looking for a flash suppressor, bayonet lug, grenade launcher, or threaded barrel. If he didn’t have those, I would check for a pistol grip or folding stock. If I didn’t see those either, I’d go back to watching the movie. It’s the scary features that make a rifle dangerous, not the little lumps of lead (NOT Teflon coated!) that might come out the end. As long as the new rifle doesn’t have those features, it’s safe for CT.
Awesome.
Ridicule these idiots. They’re laughing stocks.
The tragic thing is that you can ridicule them while they confiscate America’s vaunted “rifle behind each blade of grass”.
I’m afraid kaliph zero and his regime is having the last laugh.
Revolt is coming.
LOL...nobody knows. No one can make heads or tails about what is in the law and what it actually means.
Nor is it all *BLACK* {Horrors! Shudder!]
Wait any see. Lots of legal challenges are lining up.
Dang. What is that, a .50 cal?
Cc
The “Yankee Ingenuity” necessary here is to dust off the Declaration of Independence and fire these bastards!
Just a close up of an AR-10 (308).
Or 1774/75...the Commies are coming, the Commies are coming
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