Old firearms given new life by restrictive New York gun control laws

examiner.com ^ | January 19, 2009 | J.D. Tuccille

[donmeaker]

A .44 caliber bullet can have good effect. If you miss, the muzzle flash will blind him, or set him on fire. If he sticks around, the empty revolver is useful with which to bang him around the head and shoulders.

And.... after 5 rounds you have a smokescreen from which to launch your next attack!

[2harddrive]

Here in Texas, I was driving into Austin the other day, and came across a flashing overhead freeway sign that said “Danger! Zombies Ahead!” Another sign nearby flashed “Nazi Zombies! Run!” Good thing I had my trusty Colt .45 with me. Never saw the Zombies, though.

[elkfersupper]

We should welcome NY to the 18th and 19th centuries.

[elkfersupper]

Some of us can afford civil disobedience in a time that demands it, some cannot for now.

I cannot right now. If ouderkirk can..........?

[Dead Corpse]

I don't think of it as "violating" a "law". In order to BE a Law in the first place, it must conform to the limits placed on government by our Constitution. Any law not explicitly in compliance with, or in outright defiance of, the Constitution is null and void IMO.

Any law enforcement agent, attorney general, or legislator violating the above is in violation of Title 18 section 241 and 242. Deprivation of Civil Rights under color of Law.

[Inyo-Mono]

A black powder revolver will work, although most of them are not very accurate or power at greater distances. But be sure to get a very good one—one that will withstand higher pressures (re. max grains of black powder), and don’t load the chamber that will be under the hammer. Be wary of ricochets and bounce-backs (e.g., from hard target surfaces). And they are very messy and a little more time-consuming to clean (hot water, then oil, in my experience). And never try to do the quick draw thing with live ammo in the cylinder.

Trust me. They work quite well, and are very accurate.

[Still Thinking]

So if you feel like your Constitutional rights have been infringed upon, by politics, then it is ok to own guns in difference to current laws?

Well, the Constitution is a law too, and in fact supersedes anything that conflicts with it. So if the government which brought us both sets can't keep their lawmaking coherent, we should pay attention and obey the more restrictive and less valid of the contradictory laws?

[donmeaker]

If only there was some nasty penalty for legislators writing, or voting for such a law.

[neverdem]

My friends and I used to blast off along the Hudson River in Manhattan in the early 1970s. IIRC, my friend bought a copy of a Remington .36 Navy. I'm not sure if the pic above is the same, but it looked similar. There's a stretch between the George Washington Bridge and Dyckman Street that was fairly desolate. I had the bright idea of using my left hand as a rest. I got a black powder tattoo on my left hand after that. One day when I was at school they were caught by the cops who just confiscated it and my friend's souvenir from Vietnam. There was no arrest, IIRC.

Inwood, Manhattan, NY

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[neverdem]

Thanks for that pic!

[George Smiley]

That’s a subject for the next case that needs to come up before the Supreme Court- the incorporation of the 14th Amendment into the 2nd.

[George Smiley]

There used to be.

Tar, feathers and a fence rail were the necessary ingredients.

It was a sport which involved group participation.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[calex59]

So if you feel like your Constitutional rights have been infringed upon, by politics, then it is ok to own guns in difference to current laws?

You bet your a**.

[calex59]

Amen. So if you can apply that principle to buying or owning an “illegal’ gun, then why not make the same conscientious decision and not pay taxes? Isn't it the same thing? Income tax is a political issue, and certainly is Unconstitutional by a strict reading of the Constitution

Actually you are wrong. Income taxes were made constitutional by the addition of the 16th amendment. I believe that amendment needs to be repealed but until it is, the income tax is constitutional. Restricting firearms ownership is not constitutional and any laws that restrict the right to keep and bear arms are illegal.

[Squantos]

This gear is IMO better suited for urban day to day carry.......in noooo ywark ceety !

[Army Air Corps]

I have always thought that the LeMat was a helluva firearm. The design of the hammer is so simple yet ingenious.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Squantos]

I agree......knowing they were expensive I know the numbers wouldn’t be allowed yet a cavalry man with 2 of those on their belt and 2 in pommel holsters with a spencer carbine and saber would have been hell on hooves to stop.

[Army Air Corps]

The action on the LeMat is nice as well and it is a heavy. When one depleted one’s ammunition, one could use it as a bludgeon.