So apparently the NYS attorney general is going after "ghost guns".
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/ny-state-ag-goes-after-ghost-guns/
This should be interesting because A: these retailers aren't breaking the law, and B: the retailers that sell these kits have their entire business model based around giving a proverbial middle finger to anti-2A forces. What happens when the immovable object meets an irresistible force?
For ammo sales and some other items, general gun supply retailers might have just not thought it was worth the legal hassle to deal with New York Sales. But if an 80% lower and rifle kit seller caves to this pressure, it's not going to look good for their entire business model. If Letitia James actually pursues some of these retailers in court, I'm guessing the state will lose and it will just be another punishment on New Yorkers as their tax money goes up in smoke in an effort to deny them a constitutionally protected right.
Is there a practical way for New York to actually monitor packages being delivered from these companies? It seems like reporting everything to big brother would be bad for business for the public and private postage delivery services. My understanding is that P.O. box ownership is supposed to be fairly confidential, so if they actually have a way of monitoring incoming mail would sending it to a P.O. box offer any protection?
Is it even legal for Letitia James to attempt to suppress interstate commerce of a product that is legal in the seller and receiver's states? These kits by definition aren't "assault weapons", so she's going well outside of her legal authority to tell these companies to "cease and desist".
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/ny-state-ag-goes-after-ghost-guns/
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has directed the operators of 16 websites that manufacture and/or sell firearms or firearms components to “cease and desist†selling nearly complete assault weapons into New York State. The possession, manufacture, and sale of assault weapons is illegal in New York, but these companies have been providing the means to violate the state’s assault weapons ban, and often specifically advertise their products as a way to evade law enforcement with phrases like, “If they don’t know you have it, they can’t take it.â€
“There is only one purpose for the products that these companies are selling — to manufacture illegal and deadly assault weapons,†said Attorney General Letitia James. “The proliferation of these types of weapons has not only caused indescribable suffering across the country, but gravely endanger every New Yorker. We must make sure that these illegal and untraceable guns are not built in New York.â€
“There is only one purpose for the products that these companies are selling — to manufacture illegal and deadly assault weapons,†said Attorney General Letitia James. “The proliferation of these types of weapons has not only caused indescribable suffering across the country, but gravely endanger every New Yorker. We must make sure that these illegal and untraceable guns are not built in New York.â€
This should be interesting because A: these retailers aren't breaking the law, and B: the retailers that sell these kits have their entire business model based around giving a proverbial middle finger to anti-2A forces. What happens when the immovable object meets an irresistible force?
For ammo sales and some other items, general gun supply retailers might have just not thought it was worth the legal hassle to deal with New York Sales. But if an 80% lower and rifle kit seller caves to this pressure, it's not going to look good for their entire business model. If Letitia James actually pursues some of these retailers in court, I'm guessing the state will lose and it will just be another punishment on New Yorkers as their tax money goes up in smoke in an effort to deny them a constitutionally protected right.
Is there a practical way for New York to actually monitor packages being delivered from these companies? It seems like reporting everything to big brother would be bad for business for the public and private postage delivery services. My understanding is that P.O. box ownership is supposed to be fairly confidential, so if they actually have a way of monitoring incoming mail would sending it to a P.O. box offer any protection?
Is it even legal for Letitia James to attempt to suppress interstate commerce of a product that is legal in the seller and receiver's states? These kits by definition aren't "assault weapons", so she's going well outside of her legal authority to tell these companies to "cease and desist".
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