“Ghost” guns bill passes Assembly

[gunpoliticsny]

“Ghost” guns bill passes Assembly.

 

[Twogunwilly]

Not about stopping crime it's about causing crime by making criminals out of hobbyists.

 

[Acer-m14]

well a state passed a law that silencers were legal if made and kept in the state .. that didn't work out .. the ATF stepped in ..
now a state passing law that goes against ATF ..i can home build my own gun no serial needed till i want to sell it .. ..

WTF ..

i hitting the shop this weekend .. gunna make a Ghost BaseBall Bat .. LMAO ..

 

[ArmedCorgi]

well a state passed a law that silencers were legal if made and kept in the state .. that didn't work out .. the ATF stepped in ..
now a state passing law that goes against ATF ..i can home build my own gun no serial needed till i want to sell it .. ..

WTF ..

i hitting the shop this weekend .. gunna make a Ghost BaseBall Bat .. LMAO ..

The feds only step in when a state passes a law that loosens restrictions beyond what the feds instituted. They could give two shits about states that go above and beyond with adding restrictions.

 

[subsonic]

Lots of bills in motion. There's a few called "ghost gun" bills, this one is about supposedly "undetectable" guns, not 80% lowers/homemade firearms.

Here's what this one does:

3-A. "MAJOR COMPONENT OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN" MEANS THE
BARREL, THE SLIDE OR CYLINDER, THE FRAME, OR RECEIVER OF THE FIREARM,
RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN.
§ 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 265.50 and
265.55 to read as follows:
§ 265.50 CRIMINAL MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORT OF AN UNDETECTABLE
FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORT OF AN
UNDETECTABLE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY MANUFAC-
TURES, CAUSES TO BE MANUFACTURED, SELLS, EXCHANGES, GIVES, DISPOSES OF,
TRANSPORTS, SHIPS, OR POSSESSES WITH THE INTENT TO SELL:
1. ANY FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN THAT, AFTER THE REMOVAL OF GRIPS,
STOCKS AND MAGAZINES, IS NOT DETECTABLE BY A METAL DETECTOR CALIBRATED
TO DETECT THE SECURITY EXEMPLAR, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §
922(P); OR
2. ANY MAJOR COMPONENT OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN THAT, IF SUBJECT
TO THE TYPES OF DETECTION DEVICES COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS FOR SECURITY
SCREENING, DOES NOT GENERATE AN IMAGE THAT ADEQUATELY DISPLAYS THE SHAPE
OF THE COMPONENT.
CRIMINAL MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORT OF AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM,
RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS A CLASS D FELONY.
§ 265.55 CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOT-
GUN.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM,
RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY POSSESSES:
1. ANY FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN THAT, AFTER THE REMOVAL OF GRIPS,
STOCKS AND MAGAZINES, IS NOT DETECTABLE BY A METAL DETECTOR CALIBRATED
TO DETECT THE SECURITY EXEMPLAR, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §
922(P); OR
2. ANY MAJOR COMPONENT OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN THAT, IF SUBJECT
TO THE TYPES OF DETECTION DEVICES COMMONLY USED AT AIRPORTS FOR SECURITY
SCREENING, DOES NOT GENERATE AN IMAGE THAT ADEQUATELY DISPLAYS THE SHAPE
OF THE COMPONENT.
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF AN UNDETECTABLE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS A
CLASS E FELONY.

This is a bad, stupid bill and vague, to be sure, but it's doesn't ban or regulate 80% lowers (whether polymer or metal) nor does it further restrict manufacturing your own guns... subdivision 1 is already basically federal law (a gun needs to have metal in it); for subdivision 2, polymer frames/receivers and such do show up in X-rays. They seem to be banning either some invisible science fiction material guns, or perhaps guns made in funny camouflaged non-gun shapes. Maybe this would restrict some of those "incognito" e.g. credit card and other such novelty guns.