You Mean He Didn’t Even Have An SBR In His Pants?
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 12 months ago
An 18-year-old with an AR-15 rifle in his pants was among more than 20 people arrested for illegal gun possession as Thanksgiving and the Bayou Classic football game brought big crowds to the French Quarter over the long holiday weekend, the New Orleans Police Department said Monday.
The NOPD made 19 gun arrests Friday and Saturday, and State Police added six of its own, including the arrest of a Bourbon Street bar security guard and bouncer who shocked another man with a stun gun while pretending to be a law enforcement officer.
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A group of undercover officers found the AR-15 on Saturday in the possession of Joseph Graham, of Baton Rouge. The cops stopped Graham after they said they saw him smoking marijuana near Canal and Bourbon streets. During the stop, they found that he somehow had managed to hide the rifle, which is a staple of the U.S. military, in his pants, Gernon said.
Ah, I see that the law against SBRs (long guns with less than a 16″ barrel must be registered as SBRs with a background check, ATF approval and a $200 tax stamp) didn’t stop him from going ahead and concealing a carbine length barrel. Look at the picture. That’s not an SBR, it’s got a barrel of 16″ or greater.
So much for the wisdom of Congress and the NFA. But we peaceable, law abiding gentlemen who want to have SBRs must continue to have the paperwork. Because 16″. It’s a magic number. Even though we could conceal a longer barrel. They didn’t stop him for a rifle. They stopped him for pot.
On November 28, 2017 at 5:59 am, Pat Hines said:
I like the AR-Pistol, at say a 10.5 inch stainless steel barrel, with a standard carbine receiver extension tube with either a crutch tip or a SIG brace or some other brace.
They can be made with a 80% receiver, or a FFL receiver, and do not require the NFA registration and tax.
On November 28, 2017 at 7:23 am, Fred said:
I read somewhere that congress wanted to make the approved barrel length 18 inches but had sold a bunch of 16 inch rifles to civvies so they decided to make the cutoff 16 inches instead. It really is a fiction.
On November 28, 2017 at 9:00 pm, McWaynor said:
“Hey, is that an AR15 in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?”
On November 28, 2017 at 10:34 pm, Herschel Smith said:
I wondered how long it would take.
On November 29, 2017 at 10:35 am, June said:
Must have been some exceptionally baggy pants. If he had just pulled his pants up over his butt they never would have seen the stock sticking out!
And when did the military adopt civilian AR-15 rifles as a “staple”?