Widewing you're in NY aren't you? What have you heard regarding how joe citizen is supposed to comply with the new magazine law that is part of this new NY state law? As I read it it seemed as though anything with a magazine over 7 rounds is now a prohibited device, including magazines over 7 rounds themselves. So, SKS, Garand, many, MANY rifles with internal magazines over 7 rounds are no illegal? Also, nearly every .22 rifle on god's green earth comes with a ten round magazine, instantly making all of them illegal now I think, if I understand the law correctly.
The new law, which won't stand as written, bans the sale of "assault weapons". There already was a ban on detachable magazines over 10 rounds. Pre-ban magazines were grandfathered in with the 1994 law. Now, those are banned as well. You can keep your AWs, but they must be registered within one year. You can keep your 10 round mags, but you can't actually load more than 7 rounds (I sometimes lose count....LOLOL) The definition of an "assault weapon" has been expanded to any semi-auto with any one evil looking feature. Pistol grip, flash hider and the like. You cannot sell your AW in NY. You can't sell your HiCap magazines in NY (both of these violate Federal statues). All sales, commercial and private must be made at a licensed dealer who will run a background check for a $10 fee on private sales. The purchase of large amounts of ammo requires a background check, although they don't define what large is, and whether it applies to rimfire ammo, which is often sold in boxes of 500. Any gun with a detachable magazine is limited to 7 rounds in the magazine. If yours holds 8, you can load 8, chamber one and still be within the rule (a 1911 .45 fits this, because you can carry it with one in the pipe, cocked and locked).
Lever action and pump action rifles with tube magazines are exempted. As are semi-auto .22s with tubular magazine. Shotguns are exempt if the magazine is limited to 5 rounds or less and it doesn't have an AW features. Bolt Action rifles are exempt. Curios & Relics are exempt (Most SKS types and all Garands being in that category, but you can't load more than 7, as if anyone would pay any attention at a range). Muzzle loaders are exempt. Revolvers are exempt.
The ban on AW sales started today. All other provisions become effective January 15, 2014. By then, the courts will have pitched this law out... It's a mess. They forgot to exempt police weapons and will have to amend the law before next year. They ignored DC v Heller and McDonald v Chicago, which means that Federal courts will slap them down, as they did in those two cities.
If the law isn't thrown out by the end of the year (it could take that long), my HiCap mags will be stored at my brother's summer home in the Poconos. My AW will be registered, and I have both 5 and 7 round mags if I want to shoot it. The rest of my firearms are exempt, so the impact to me is minor, just a small headache...
The NY legislature is a clusterhump... So much so that they're taking bids for condom dispensers in the House and Senate chambers.
