New York Proposes Crackdown On Major Gun Company

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Source: Huff Post

May 7, 2024, 04:43 PM EDT | Updated 3 minutes ago


New York may become the first state to bar gun companies from selling pistols that can easily be converted into machine guns.

A proposed law, introduced Tuesday by Democratic state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, takes aim squarely at Glock. The Austrian company, whose polymer-framed pistols have played a dominant role in the handgun market since the 1980s, has faced growing criticism from gun safety groups for declining to modify a design that easily converts into an automatic weapon.

“Any business operating in New York State must take basic responsibility for its behavior in the marketplace,” Myrie said in a press release. “When an industry knows the harm its products are causing, but refuses to take meaningful steps to prevent it, government must step up to protect New Yorkers.”

If the bill passes, gun dealers who continue to sell easily convertible pistols could face felony charges.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-glock-law_n_663a825be4b0ce3aef5115bc

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1. Sadly, most of the guns in NYS aren't sold here.

So while I'm all in favor of tightening the rules, I don't see this having any impact. We can ban them from second hand sales too, but Glock has no liability after the first sale somewhere else. Only NYS dealers who actually report used gun sales will be caught up by this.

Until we find a way to stem the tide of illicit imports from lax southern states, we're still screwed.

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2. Seeing some States are tryinh to Stop women from crossing state-lines.

Something as trival as a person crossing statelines with a Gun would be the Right Thing To Do.
Sue the person that brought in the gun into New York State.

The SCOTUS already OKed that type of Law.