Are ARs legal in NY?

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shield20

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Ok - confused by this - NY Penal law s265.0 has described an assault weapon in section (a) as the typical 'semi-auto with detachable mag + 2 or more features' crap, but then also lists, in section (d), "any of the weapons, or the functioning frames or receivers of such weapons, or copies or duplicates of such weapons, in any caliber known as:" then lists the (iv) Colt AR-15.

Doesn't this make any AR style gun illegal in NY?
 
They sell this things all over the place - just not with the '2 or more featues', but definetly AR-15 copies...what gives?
 
Ahhh - ok - it is all in the wording, especially the "or"s...

i.e. the Armalite AR-10A2 with muzzle break is definetly NOT "a functioning frame or receiver" of an AW Colt AR-15; NOR is it a copy/duplicate of the AW Colt AR-15 (detachable mag and supressor & bayo lug)...

man, its close, but it must be OK then..

Atleast this would explain it! :)
 
if you can buy it in the area where you are planning to live i wouldnt worry about it too much, the seller would probably be in jail if they were illegal, assuming this is a gun shop or something similar. also not saying it is a bad thing to check and see. if my state had as many laws as NY i would probably check too.
 
The Federal ban that has expired was incorporated into New York State law. All the restrictions that applied to AR's in the federal ban apply still in New York.

You can buy an AR but you have a good many restrictions including using high caps.
 
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