I see a lot of CA, NY, and CT owners having to alter or otherwise emasculate their AR's by a pick and choose list of what you can and can't have in combination on these guns. The legal reasoning is that these are assault rifles because they load themselves and are ready again with the pull of a trigger. So, the legislatures have carved out how they look in a restrictive view.
My take is to accept the entirely unwanted issue of making them manual action. Sidestep all their finagling, remove the gas tube, and it doesn't load itself. You have to charge it every round same as any other manual action. And that means if it doesn't meet the singular issue of being a repeater, it therefore is nothing more than a different kind of straight pull manual rifle.
If it's manual action, then the provisions of what constitutes it being an assault rifle is completely sidestepped. You can have magazines, adjustable stocks, muzzle devices, whatever. It's not an assault rifle, therefore the laws don't apply. At least what I read it becomes a moot point and the gun is legal to OC in Chipotles according to whatever local law allows.
Point being, what does your state interpret and what say you? Me, I say they can choke on the looks, they made that the issue up front. Second, it justifies all the combat charging handles and side charger uppers, it's now very justified.
And best of all, it really doesn't do all that much to ruin it. Take it out of state, reinstall the tube, and use it the way it was meant to be. Just don't forget to make it manual before you bring it back. That alone puts the whole issue back in their face - we got around them again. It's a simple way to express Civil Disobedience.
Don't forget to include your state's special provisions, but remember, they are about it being a self loader, or it's no different than a Swiss Schmidt Rubin. Unless those are illegal, too.
My take is to accept the entirely unwanted issue of making them manual action. Sidestep all their finagling, remove the gas tube, and it doesn't load itself. You have to charge it every round same as any other manual action. And that means if it doesn't meet the singular issue of being a repeater, it therefore is nothing more than a different kind of straight pull manual rifle.
If it's manual action, then the provisions of what constitutes it being an assault rifle is completely sidestepped. You can have magazines, adjustable stocks, muzzle devices, whatever. It's not an assault rifle, therefore the laws don't apply. At least what I read it becomes a moot point and the gun is legal to OC in Chipotles according to whatever local law allows.
Point being, what does your state interpret and what say you? Me, I say they can choke on the looks, they made that the issue up front. Second, it justifies all the combat charging handles and side charger uppers, it's now very justified.
And best of all, it really doesn't do all that much to ruin it. Take it out of state, reinstall the tube, and use it the way it was meant to be. Just don't forget to make it manual before you bring it back. That alone puts the whole issue back in their face - we got around them again. It's a simple way to express Civil Disobedience.
Don't forget to include your state's special provisions, but remember, they are about it being a self loader, or it's no different than a Swiss Schmidt Rubin. Unless those are illegal, too.