NY Legislature Approves Measure Banning ‘Undetectable’ Guns

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Eric Gay, File

Years ago, lawmakers got concerned over Glocks. The polymer lower freaked them out. Reports abounded that the weapons could be taken through airport metal detectors, which sparked concerns over terrorism and assassination. The idea was that bad people could get these guns, carry them anywhere, and law enforcement would be powerless to prevent it.

While those concerns were mostly male bovine excrement, the federal government passed a law that required all firearms to have a minimal amount of metal within them. That way, metal detectors could pick them up.

Today, we have 3D printers and the means to manufacture what amount to plastic guns, yet those firearms are still required to have a specific amount of metal within them. The Liberator–a 3D printed handgun–is a design that calls for that small amount of metal as well. It’s fully compliant with the law.

Yet the fears persist.

Now, states are trying to ban the guns, missing quite a few points in the process. New York is the most recent example.

Making, selling, transporting or possessing 3D-printed guns and other undetectable firearms would be banned in New York under legislation approved by the Democrat-controlled state Legislature.

The Assembly passed the bill Monday, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms