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Don't assume anything when it comes to gun laws. Two simple examples should make the point: - In New York (and many other jurisdictions) law, a rifle is not a
by ctdonath 14y ago
Don't assume anything when it comes to gun laws. Two simple examples should make the point:
- In New York (and many other jurisdictions) law, a rifle is not a firearm.
- In US law, "armor piercing" as defined has nothing to do with the capability of piercing armor.
Not kidding.
- Zimahl 14y agoBut the Feds define a rifle as a firearm so does it matter what the NY law defines? Unless they are defining it as something that is much more strict, which, as draconian as the gun laws are in NY, that wouldn't surprise me.
- ctdonath 14y agoMy point was to not make statements about gun laws unless you in fact know the law, and to demonstrate how common wisdom can be very legally wrong. Wanna make it a serious matter? A "sawed off shotgun" is legal if made one way, and 10 years prison time if made another - identical parts used either way.