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Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by rickymouse
So what is considered illegal? Is an old pistol that your grandpa left you with no documentation considered illegal? That old WW11 antique that hasn't been fired since 1950 is still considered an illegal weapon?
I am pondering what irks me about folks that ask these questions...while not answering them for themselves?
I think it is because the question serves thier agenda...while the answer might not?
To actually ANSWER your question...I googled...30 seconds.
According to the NRA's legislative site...NY gun laws at present...
ANTIQUES
The New York definition of a firearm does not include an antique firearm.
An antique firearm is any unloaded muzzle loading pistol or revolver with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system,
or a pistol or revolver that uses fixed cartridges that are no longer available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
A license is not required to possess, collect or carry an unloaded antique firearm
www.nraila.org...
Originally posted by Zaphod58
They're not the first. New Jersey implemented this last month, and I was outraged over that program. One of my friends is actually for it, but I see so much abuse potential in either of them. Someone cuts you off in traffic? "I saw him flash a gun that looked like an automatic!"
Originally posted by GreenGlassDoor
Reply to post by Indigo5
Because it's a scalp program. In case you don't know for a while the US Government offered a bounty paid for Indian scalps. However, people would scalp Mexicans to collect a check.
So people being hard up and wanting some money will start calling in every gun.
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Just curious....If a "tip" rises to the level where folks appear at risk and the cops feel compelled to follow up...again teenagers flashing guns etc. ..
Originally posted by GreenGlassDoor
Reply to post by Indigo5
Because it's a scalp program. In case you don't know for a while the US Government offered a bounty paid for Indian scalps. However, people would scalp Mexicans to collect a check.
So people being hard up and wanting some money will start calling in every gun.
Originally posted by daryllyn
reply to post by DarknStormy
Everything you said pretty much sums up how ridiculous this is.. How would they know criminals have weapons?
I am worried about people giving bad tips about legal gun owners and having law abiding citizens being treated like criminals, possibly having their homes raided and what not.
I think encouraging people to put their noses in other peoples' business is just a bad idea all around.
Originally posted by Indigo5
So gun manufacturers turn to and fund the NRA and a handful of minor lobbying groups to construct hyperbolic rhetoric to instill fear in legal gun owners to pressure legislators to abandon laws that have no effect on legal gun owners.
Three police agencies contacted by CBS6Albany.com for comment said they have not received tips from state police. Two of the agencies said they were unaware the program existed before this week.