tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post11285444290971306..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Please Don't Eat the DaisiesSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39869662657503953972013-01-24T16:12:03.838-05:002013-01-24T16:12:03.838-05:00They don't know the difference between moon cl...They don't know the difference between moon clips and moon pies but they know that moon pies are popular in the South and guns are popular in the South, so yes, moon clips are illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-46767183800000782092013-01-21T07:42:37.538-05:002013-01-21T07:42:37.538-05:00Wow - I'm famous ! (that was my comment you li...Wow - I'm famous ! (that was my comment you linked to). <br /><br />I suspect that whether it was specifically mentioned or not an arrest would ensue, because what cops do it "arrest based on probable cause." If the PC can be justified Qualified Immunity absolves the LEO from consequences for all but the most egregiously improper arrests. <br /><br />Once the paperwork and the corpus have been handed over to staff at Central Booking it's the prosecuting attorney's (State's Attorney in FL, or, more likely, an ASA) job to determine what prosecution, if any, will follow. It should be noted that this is also the point where the defendant's "lawyer money meter" starts running. <br /><br />Until a court decision is rendered on whether or not a moon clip, not specifically mentioned in statute, is legally an "ammunition feeding device" or "feed strip" arrests will continue based on previous PC. If a court rules it isn't pending prosecutions can be dropped and defendants can appeal to have their arrest(s) expunged (more lawyer money....). Procedures, like laws, vary between jurisdictions, and often those jurisdictions are within a state, so county X can decide it is, and county Y can decide it isn't, and until a higher court rules everything's a crap shoot based on geography and attitude of enforcement. <br /><br />If you're getting the idea that government can rule by oppressive economics, you're right. <br /><br />Long term, stuff like this is headed to the Supreme Court. Short term, why are you still living in New York? (Not that some other places aren't just as bad, but in some other places the number of Free Citizens approaches critical mass which tends to subdue such anti-citizen efforts.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-48421793925985551372013-01-21T01:26:15.060-05:002013-01-21T01:26:15.060-05:00I wouldn't be surprised to have them determine...I wouldn't be surprised to have them determine that a moon clip, or half-moon clips, are "feed strips (circular)".<br /><br />Also, one of the other reasons adjustable (as with telescoping) stocks are desirable, is because of differences in clothing: a warm winter jacket, with layered clothing for really cold weather, will make a normally-fitted stock too long. <br /><br />Which makes me wonder: will a trigger guard that is large enough for a gloved finger be banned as a "high-capacity" trigger guard? (Don't ask them - they just might do it ;-)RegTnoreply@blogger.com