Because it was used in the commission of a crime. The same way if one is breaking and entering a hammer and prybar become "burglar tools" which is a separate charge in itself.
There have been dozens of cases in recent years of people being busted for making PMFs for their private use. They go to court, then they go to prison. There is no magic courtroom in NY that recognizes the Constitution over State law
Once again I want to know how he was discovered. We never get that information.
*edit* this article divulges it. He sold 4 PMF 3 were extra illegal in NY to undercover cops. He is a dumbass and gets no sympathy from me...
I guess I am not following you. NY has a State ban on most NFA items, that will not change regardless of what the Fed does. The only direction NY will go is doubling down on the infringements, they will make them even more illegal to jam up someone visiting that does not know better.
And NY will still have an outright ban on NFA items in the end.
If I lived in a free state even being part of the NFA registry scheme, I would be going crazy with those $0 tax stamps.
This is one of the few reasons I enjoy living where I do. I pull up to the pumps, leaving the truck running, start the pump, walk in and order a breakfast sandwich. By the time my sandwich is made the tank is full and I go about my morning.