Stupid Gun Laws

Bullseye1

A colleague of mine recently made an inquiry regarding the order (and purchase) of a RUGER "Challenger" 22 cal. pistol. The gun shop owner reported that the gun could not be sold in New York State due to the weight of the hand gun being too heavy... (in excess of 50 ounces.) The listed weight of the pistol is 3-1/2 lbs. (3-3/4 lbs. with a longer barrel.)

What is the purpose for this regulation, and when did this law become active in New York State? Are there other states with a "weight limit" ban on hand guns?

... Bullseye...

buffalobo

The answer to the first two questions may best be found by searching New York state regs. I have lived in three different states and never heard of a weight regulation in any of those states. None of them were New York.

pickenup

The 50 ounce weight restriction on handguns was part of Clinton's 1994 UN-constitutional federal ban. (which expired in 2004) But a number of states adopted the ban (or parts of it) as state law, which still are on the books in those states. New York is not the only state which did this.

Purpose?
Maybe to try to restrict the manufacture of firearms like this .223??

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Like all other gun control laws, stupid, pointless, and unconstitutional.

Nothing about guns, but all about control.

Not to hijack the thread, pickenup, but what kind of operating system does that AR pistol have? I have seen some w/the buffer tube sticking out the back.

Does this pistol have a gas piston?

pickenup

PBJloaf,

It is gas operated.
You can read about it at the link below.
The OA-93 was the first AR-15 pistol.

http://tinyurl.com/ydaf84u

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thanks, pickenup.

jev1969

Pickenup has it right. The weight limit was to prevent people from skirting the ban on short barreled rifles by calling them pistols. In NY, along with the weight restriction, there cannot be a forward hand grip.
I was at a competition and a vendor had one of these. The one thing I can say about AR's with 7inch barrels...LOUD [:0].