Artful
01-27-2017, 10:21 PM
An inexpensive part to put in your AR, to comply with the new CA law that you can't take a magazine out without disassembly of your AR.
http://www.chicksontheright.com/gun-owners-in-california-find-simple-and-cheap-way-to-get-around-cas-stupid-new-ar-law/
Gun Owners In California Find Simple And Cheap Way To Get Around CA’s Stupid New AR LawIt’s like clockwork. The government puts in a dumb new regulation, private enterprise immediately starts looking for a way to get around it legally. Name a regulation, you can probably find someone looking for a legal loophole to get out of it (Obamacare was a popular one. Plenty of accountants went looking for – and found – ways for their uninsured clients to get around having to pay hefty fines while also avoid overpaying for useless heath insurance plans).
The latest example? According to this, (http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/shasta/shasta-co-men-create-new-part-to-make-guns-like-an-ar-15-legal/293100142) a couple of gun store owners in California started looking for cost-effective ways to deal with a restrictive new gun law passed in that state.
See, the new law redefined what would be considered an “assault rifle.” Semi-automatic center fire rifles now have to be registered as such, as does anything with a pistol grip or other features that evidently make California lawmakers pee their pants when they see it on a gun.
(To be fair, lawmakers in California probably need a new set of skivvies whenever they see a freaking Nerf gun.)
Enter John Bastiani of Bastiani Arms in Redding, California. Rather than make his customers pay $50 for new parts and upgrades to make their now-assault-rifles legal, he and friend Mike Schroeder went looking for more cost-effective ways for people to become compliant with state law –
First off – I was surprised that there are still gun stores operating in California (my hat goes off to these gentlemen for their tenacity).
Second off – I’m not surprised that these guys went to the drawing board to come up with a way to make their guns and their customers’ guns compliant with the new regulation. I swear, leftist lawmakers have this idea that gun owners are going to show up and register their previously-legal-now-criminalized firearms, like they’re a bunch of sheep or something.
But where government meddles in basic human rights, the free market finds a way. That is the one thing you can count on. And now, Bastiani Arms is going to be the go-to place for legal California gun owners looking to stay on the right side of the law.
I will say one thing – you’re probably not going to find any gang members or criminal elements lining up for this product. What do they care about obeying the law?
- go to the link and watch the video
http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/shasta/shasta-co-men-create-new-part-to-make-guns-like-an-ar-15-legal/293100142
REDDING, Calif. - New gun laws in California have gun enthusiasts and companies looking for ways to make guns, like an AR-15, compliant with the law while still retaining a relatively quick and simple way to remove a magazine.
Under the new law there is a new definition of "assault weapon", which means any semi-automatic center fire rifle, such as an AR-15, is considered an assault rifle if it does not have a fixed magazine but has features like a flash suppresser and pistol grip.
John Bastiani, with Bastiani Arms said there are products in the market right now that can modify an AR so it is compliant, while still allowing it to be disassembled quickly to take out the magazine. However, he feels those products are expensive.
"Things that are on the market now cost upwards of $50, per gun to convert and make them legal," he explained. "There needs to be a cheap solution. There might be people out there with 10 guns that they need to convert and at $50 per gun that's cost prohibitive."
Bastiani and his friend Mike Schroeder decided they would find an easy and inexpensive solution.
"This is something that is legally necessary if you don't desire to register your weapon as an assault weapon," Bastiani said.
For months the two researched and designed parts that they could patent. They realized other people had the same idea, so they hit the drawing board once again. Then in less than two hours they came up with a new idea. They decided to replace the bolt catch on the left side of the gun.
"I cut some stainless steel... traced around, laid it out, cut it out with a dremel and a file, put it in the gun and said, 'Oh my god, it actually does what I thought it would!'," he said in disbelief. "We kind of lucked out because no one was thinking of the side of the gun we developed our lock for."
He explained their small steel part does the exact same thing as the other products out there, but only requires one piece of steel.
"It requires no skill at all to install," he said.
He added the part should only cost around $10 and would fit on any AR.
As he laughed and looked at the gun he said, "I hope everyone else thinks its as cool as we do. It's supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be cheap. It's supposed to be desirable in everyway".
Bastiani mentioned he might sell them from a vending machine.
"It kind of emphasizes even though this was a really big problem everyone has been trying to tackle for the last few months, of like how to do this there is so many different ways of doing it, it's kind of comical it could be done this simple," he explained.
To their knowledge they are the first ones to come up with this idea and to submit it to be patented.
The unofficial name of this part is MOD 1.
"It out first modification and MOD also being an acronym for Mandatory Orwellian Device," he said. "It's kind of a government over reach to make us jump through all these hoops to own something, legally, that should be a constitutional right."
They want to start selling the MOD 1 by March 1.
http://www.chicksontheright.com/gun-owners-in-california-find-simple-and-cheap-way-to-get-around-cas-stupid-new-ar-law/
Gun Owners In California Find Simple And Cheap Way To Get Around CA’s Stupid New AR LawIt’s like clockwork. The government puts in a dumb new regulation, private enterprise immediately starts looking for a way to get around it legally. Name a regulation, you can probably find someone looking for a legal loophole to get out of it (Obamacare was a popular one. Plenty of accountants went looking for – and found – ways for their uninsured clients to get around having to pay hefty fines while also avoid overpaying for useless heath insurance plans).
The latest example? According to this, (http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/shasta/shasta-co-men-create-new-part-to-make-guns-like-an-ar-15-legal/293100142) a couple of gun store owners in California started looking for cost-effective ways to deal with a restrictive new gun law passed in that state.
See, the new law redefined what would be considered an “assault rifle.” Semi-automatic center fire rifles now have to be registered as such, as does anything with a pistol grip or other features that evidently make California lawmakers pee their pants when they see it on a gun.
(To be fair, lawmakers in California probably need a new set of skivvies whenever they see a freaking Nerf gun.)
Enter John Bastiani of Bastiani Arms in Redding, California. Rather than make his customers pay $50 for new parts and upgrades to make their now-assault-rifles legal, he and friend Mike Schroeder went looking for more cost-effective ways for people to become compliant with state law –
First off – I was surprised that there are still gun stores operating in California (my hat goes off to these gentlemen for their tenacity).
Second off – I’m not surprised that these guys went to the drawing board to come up with a way to make their guns and their customers’ guns compliant with the new regulation. I swear, leftist lawmakers have this idea that gun owners are going to show up and register their previously-legal-now-criminalized firearms, like they’re a bunch of sheep or something.
But where government meddles in basic human rights, the free market finds a way. That is the one thing you can count on. And now, Bastiani Arms is going to be the go-to place for legal California gun owners looking to stay on the right side of the law.
I will say one thing – you’re probably not going to find any gang members or criminal elements lining up for this product. What do they care about obeying the law?
- go to the link and watch the video
http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/shasta/shasta-co-men-create-new-part-to-make-guns-like-an-ar-15-legal/293100142
REDDING, Calif. - New gun laws in California have gun enthusiasts and companies looking for ways to make guns, like an AR-15, compliant with the law while still retaining a relatively quick and simple way to remove a magazine.
Under the new law there is a new definition of "assault weapon", which means any semi-automatic center fire rifle, such as an AR-15, is considered an assault rifle if it does not have a fixed magazine but has features like a flash suppresser and pistol grip.
John Bastiani, with Bastiani Arms said there are products in the market right now that can modify an AR so it is compliant, while still allowing it to be disassembled quickly to take out the magazine. However, he feels those products are expensive.
"Things that are on the market now cost upwards of $50, per gun to convert and make them legal," he explained. "There needs to be a cheap solution. There might be people out there with 10 guns that they need to convert and at $50 per gun that's cost prohibitive."
Bastiani and his friend Mike Schroeder decided they would find an easy and inexpensive solution.
"This is something that is legally necessary if you don't desire to register your weapon as an assault weapon," Bastiani said.
For months the two researched and designed parts that they could patent. They realized other people had the same idea, so they hit the drawing board once again. Then in less than two hours they came up with a new idea. They decided to replace the bolt catch on the left side of the gun.
"I cut some stainless steel... traced around, laid it out, cut it out with a dremel and a file, put it in the gun and said, 'Oh my god, it actually does what I thought it would!'," he said in disbelief. "We kind of lucked out because no one was thinking of the side of the gun we developed our lock for."
He explained their small steel part does the exact same thing as the other products out there, but only requires one piece of steel.
"It requires no skill at all to install," he said.
He added the part should only cost around $10 and would fit on any AR.
As he laughed and looked at the gun he said, "I hope everyone else thinks its as cool as we do. It's supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be cheap. It's supposed to be desirable in everyway".
Bastiani mentioned he might sell them from a vending machine.
"It kind of emphasizes even though this was a really big problem everyone has been trying to tackle for the last few months, of like how to do this there is so many different ways of doing it, it's kind of comical it could be done this simple," he explained.
To their knowledge they are the first ones to come up with this idea and to submit it to be patented.
The unofficial name of this part is MOD 1.
"It out first modification and MOD also being an acronym for Mandatory Orwellian Device," he said. "It's kind of a government over reach to make us jump through all these hoops to own something, legally, that should be a constitutional right."
They want to start selling the MOD 1 by March 1.