Confiscation begins in NY

[AssMan]

Police laud "huge gun bust"

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...rged-after-arsenal-found-in-home-near-school/

 

[rob-cubed]

The article makes mention of proximity to a school several times. I'm positive in the time this guy was both an FFL and a firearms safety instructor, he never contemplated pointing one of his "arsenal" of firearms at a kid. Thank God the state intervened to save us from ourselves.

 

[Traveler]

Steiner’s attorney said the 66-year old used to be a federally licensed gun dealer.

I am not a fan of knee jerk stuff. I does look like he needed to make sure his licenses were current, and he had some good gun safes. This guy isn't helping us any.

 

[Half-cocked]

Awesome job of yellow journalism there!

 

[AssMan]

Sounds like, according to the video, that in NY, handguns must be locked away? And I guess there's a limit to how many you can own?

 

[Tree Rat]

Okay outside the conjecture on the gunsmithing licence expiring, and not some much the alledged machine gun parts in possesion (serious and cause for charge admittedly), what is the crime here?

Is there a limit to the number of firearms one can posses in NY now?


TR

 

[Gbh]

Prosecutors said scarier still is the fact that Steiner’s Tree Street house is in the middle of a pattern of 25 recent burglaries.

Sounds like the thieves were avoiding his house. +1 for the gun owning homeowner!

 

[CrueChief]

Okay outside the conjecture on the gunsmithing licence expiring, and not some much the alledged machine gun parts in possesion (serious and cause for charge admittedly), what is the crime here?

Is there a limit to the number of firearms one can posses in NY now?


TR

Just ask the powers of that fine city/state they will tell you the magic number is..........Zero

 

[Necessary Evil]

What a POS that prosecutor is !

 

[budman93]

Within 300 feet of a school? so what? since when is that illegal? he wasnt on the school property.

 

[Wahama90]

I read another article that said the person that turned him in was someone that had brought a gun to him. This is way you don't show anybody your firearms. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this happening more often with the $500 they are giving out to turn people in up there.

 

[randian]

I'll bet the "machine gun conversion" parts are bump-fire devices, because the one they showed was external to the receiver. Are those illegal in NY?

 

[SRD]

I'll bet the "machine gun conversion" parts are bump-fire devices, because the one they showed was external to the receiver. Are those illegal in NY?

This got me;"Just possession of this piece of metal is considered to be possession of a machine gun,” Spota said.

Was he wearing friggin' slippers?If not they might as well charge him with the shoe laces too.I guess he could have had a LL and that's what they're referring to.

 

[sleev-les]

Okay outside the conjecture on the gunsmithing licence expiring, and not some much the alledged machine gun parts in possesion (serious and cause for charge admittedly), what is the crime here?

Is there a limit to the number of firearms one can posses in NY now?


TR

I thought they wrote the law to only allow the possession of 2 firearms. More would have to be sold instate if still not banned or out of state if banned.

 

[csanc123]

This got me;"Just possession of this piece of metal is considered to be possession of a machine gun,” Spota said.

Was he wearing friggin' slippers?If not they might as well charge him with the shoe laces too.I guess he could have had a LL and that's what they're referring to.

Sounds like he had an auto sear.

 

[Kingjamez]

Sounds like he had an auto sear.

Or a lightning link..

 

[SRD]

This got me;"Just possession of this piece of metal is considered to be possession of a machine gun,” Spota said.

Was he wearing friggin' slippers?If not they might as well charge him with the shoe laces too.I guess he could have had a LL and that's what they're referring to.

Or a lightning link..

Sorry,that's what I meant when they said "piece of metal" (bold).

 

[Docster]

When I was in upstate NY a few weeks ago, I learned that every handgun must be licensed by the state. Then there's buying the ammo--one must show the license for that particular handgun to buy the caliber of ammo for it. No license-no ammo, so NY has some pretty tough laws regarding guns.

Unfortunately, he let his license lapse and it looks like he continued to do work and be in possession of many, many guns which may have violated NY law (I for one don't know). That doesn't look so good. Before coming to his defense or jumping on the police, I think it wise to wait for the real facts to come out. Just because he's a gun owner doesn't make him the automatic victim of police and government harassment.

 

[JohnnyE]

I am not a fan of knee jerk stuff. I does look like he needed to make sure his licenses were current, and he had some good gun safes. This guy isn't helping us any.

Do you need to be a FFL to be a gunsmith? While his FFL lapsed 10 years ago, it looks like he was not selling, just smithing. What licenses do you need in NYS to be a 'smith?

 

[Meat17]

Sign of the times my fellow 2A supporters. Media bias aside, it is indeed the government and personal agendas that infringe our rights. Rights are not something that should be voted on.