{"id":17186,"date":"2018-07-29T18:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T22:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17186"},"modified":"2018-07-29T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T22:33:57","slug":"good-luck-with-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17186","title":{"rendered":"Good luck with that"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Daily News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A Manhattan state senator wants to make \u201cghost guns\u201d disappear. Sen. Brad Hoylman<\/a>, a Democrat, is introducing a bill that would ban ghost guns and 3-D firearms in New York …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HA!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I generally don’t like commenting on legislation until I’ve had a chance to read the bill, but in this case I don’t need to.\u00a0 There is absolutely no way to enforce such a law.\u00a0 I’m sure Hoylman will get some model legislation from Brady<\/a>, Moms<\/a> or someone and intro a bill based on it but without a practical way to enforce the penalties who cares what they are?<\/p>\n

“… \u201cThanks to the Trump administration, anyone in America or across the world \u2014 be it a teenager, felon or terrorist \u2014 can evade a background check and manufacture a dangerous weapon with a click of a button,\u201d Hoylman said. \u201cThis is an existential threat to gun control as we know it.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This statement is very telling.<\/p>\n

Notice he does not say this is a threat to public safety.\u00a0 Hoylman says it is a threat to gun control itself.\u00a0 That is an exaggeration, especially with current technology, but consider a possible impact on the SAFE Act.\u00a0 If a person can easily and cheaply produce plastic magazines in the privacy of their home the SAFE limitation is mostly voided.\u00a0 Better still, as a political act of defiance, magazines with Hoylman’s face printed on them could be made in bulk and dropped in public locations, kinda like Johnny Appleseed<\/a>.\u00a0 Hoylman’s choice of words prove his real motivation is ideological and not a genuine concern for public welfare.<\/p>\n

Metal printing is more complicated, but it is reasonable to assume that it will be better, faster and cheaper in 5-10 years than it is now.\u00a0 That is what is really needed for home production.\u00a0 Antigun hysterics will become more entertaining as the technology matures.<\/p>\n