Legal issues of recoloring a firearm...

In NYC you can not have floresent colors - guns have to be "normal" colors :banghead:

Apart from NYC and other places like that, you can "color" it how you like.

Knowing your local and state laws is a must, though.

Knowing your local and state laws is a must, though.

Yes--check. IL tried to pass this making it illegal to substantially change the 'original' color of a firearm. Sponsered by a very pro-gun retired FBI agent named Jim Sacia--I got the feeling Jim wasn't on his game that day--his bill would have made criminals of every guy who every kryloned a shotgun.

I am dumbfounded by the premise that it should be illegal to change the color of a gun!

By that same logic, it should be illegal to change the grips for Pete's sake! If it were my gun we were talking about and I had the notion to, I would change the color and be done with it. Sheesh.

If I were a bad guy intent on doing wrong, I'd consider using an Orange 1911. It looks fake enough that a good guy might think an extra sec about "killing someone with a toy".

I think that's the reasoning behind it.

Years ago I helped out at a USPSA sectional match. I think it was Springfield Arms brought several 1911s for display. One was pink. Apparently they could make them several different colors.

maybe if EBRs came in other colors they would not be seen as so threatening.

who could feel threatened by a pink AR?

Glad I asked...

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I was all ready to go ahead and color my carbine, but now i'm having second thoughts.

Note: For those of you remotely interested in knowing. I wanted to recolor my firearm because I wanted it in black but they only had it in camo, and god forbid it was ever stolen or "misplaced" a stock in a color not offered by the factory should be easier to identify. Maybe even have all my firearms in matching colors.

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I see you live in NJ. My sympathies!

(And I'm not being flippant, I lived there (Passaic/Newark) for 17 years.

I re-painted my camo High Point carbine to "evil" black, but I don't think FL cares one way or another.

Hell, when I first moved down here from VA (where you have to register your guns) I called the local Sheriff's Office and asked them how I went about registering my guns. The Deputy said "You wanna do whut?

God I love Florida!

Most States and cities wouldn't give hoot, in particular Arizona, where I live.

But N.J. is a different matter. I would carefully check out the local laws. At a Federal level it doesn't matter so long as the serial number or maker's name aren't obliterated. One clue: Do you have any paperwork issued by the authorities that list a finish?

maybe if EBRs came in other colors they would not be seen as so threatening.

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I think the problem stems from the fact (I read a news story a long time ago) about an ex-marine who painted all the tips of his firearms orange, and was able to manage transporting them all over the place because the few times he got stopped cops who looked them over believed they were just realistic non-working firearms.

I mean technically if somebody walked in and pointed an orange tipped firearm at you what would your first impression be? I think that's all, they just don't want people to do something like this.

ilbob said:

who could feel threatened by a pink AR?

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There's an "all female" highpower shooting team that sports pink National Match AR's... my wife wanted hers pink for a minute or two... I would actually do it for her if she really wanted it that way.

a Pink gun that will hold sub MOA at 1000m... go ahead and laugh.

It wouldn't be illegal AFAIK, but I was informed it would be "blasphemous" for me to get a Glock done in gold...

when I first moved down here from VA (where you have to register your guns)

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Please clarify. Register what how and when?

Please clarify. Register what how and when?

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The laws may have changed. I'm talking 1980's timeframe, and it may have just been the City of Virginia Beach. Not sure what the laws are now.

Indeed, there were some convoluted ones in that time frame but after pre-emption in 87 and it's followup in 04 there's no such thing in VA for anything but NFA items.