a gun blog called The Truth About Guns.
RZ says:
November 27, 2013 at 23:05
I am the original poster of this letter, which was lifted off of a FaceBook group I posted this on without my knowledge nor expressed permission, as it was received by my friend who chooses to have his name, address, and firearms serial numbers private for his own piece of mind and protection. Trust me when I say that it’s a real letter from the NYPD Pistol/Rifle Licensing Unit in Kew Gardens, Queens accompanied by another letter with the official NYPD seal which I did not include because it’s a typical canned letter stating NYC’s penal codes on firearms ownership.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/11/robert-farago/begins-new-york-sending-gun-confiscation-notices/#comment-1405025
It appears real, I'm still trying to find the Facebook post.
Why did the right wing media run with it? Simple, it serves their partisan interest. Just look at the rifles on the list. those are not "assault weapons" or "military grade" and most likely have never been used in any crime. They certainly are not the weapons of choice of drug dealers and gangsters. During the summer, the prohibiton lobby tried the divide and conquer tactic. Divide the traditional sportsman aka "Fudds" against everyone else with "we only want those evil black rifles." Some hunters/skeet shooters might buy in like Jim Zumbo or Ed Shultz. Problem is, this is the guns they own. This will not only fire up the base, It will take a lot of independents with them.
Is it real? The address is real. The first red flag is the first sentence "it appears" most official docs I got said "our records indicate" but then, I have never dealt with NYC. The city ordnance cited reads:
b. No person may possess an ammunition feeding device which is
designed for use in a rifle or shotgun and which is capable of holding
more than five rounds of rifle or shotgun ammunition, unless such person
is exempt from subdivision a of section 10-303.1 pursuant to section
10-305, provided that a dealer in rifles and shotguns may possess such
ammunition feeding devices for the purpose of disposition authorized
pursuant to subdivision a of this section.
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/nycode/ADC/10/3/10-306
So either the letter was sent by an idiot or asshole at NYPD who can't read the ordinance or it's bullshit. OR, no one makes five round magazines for these, that seems to be the case with the AR-7, but I doubt anyone in that department has any level of expertize to know what magazines are available. I doubt that to be the case, since there is a fairly big market for five round rifle magazines in Canada. CZ makes an AK looking rifle specifically for the Canadian commercial market and not sold in the US.
Is it real? I put it at "maybe". Is the Blaze shady? Yeah, but I think all partisan rags are shady.
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