Assault weapon in hospital shooting was 'lawfully transferred': ATF
Source: ABC News
By MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN • Jul 3, 2017, 4:55 PM ET
The assault rifle used by a doctor to kill one and injure several others in a New York City hospital last Friday was "lawfully transferred" to the shooter from a gun shop in upstate New York, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Law enforcement sources said Dr. Henry Bello hid the gun -- identified by law enforcement sources as an AR-15 -- under his white lab coat and then opened fire in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he used to work. He then tried to set himself on fire and fatally shot himself, the sources said.
Matthew Myerson, acting spokesman for the ATF, told ABC News that while the gun was "lawfully transferred," an investigation into Bello, as well as the purchase of the weapon, is ongoing. He would not elaborate.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a ban on assault weapons into law in January 2013, following the Sandy Hook school shooting.
The law, known as the SAFE Act, tightened the definition of assault weapons as used by New York State, but it was not clear how the AR-15 was transferred to Bello.
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IIRC a number of "mass-shootings" have taken place in so-called "gun-free" zones or in venues where the owner/operator prohibits firearms. IMNSHO, as long as one is depending on the honor system to enforce those restrictions, only the honorable will be complying.
YMMV
like this one:
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http://ddsranch.com/ruger-ar-556-5-56mm-new-york-state-safe-act-legal-ar-15-type-rifle/
And he got his gun in upstate NY.
His looked to be like a cut-off style -
Compared to these fugly things...
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If NY bans flash reducers, they make guns without flash reducers. If NY bans bayonet mounting lugs, they make guns without bayonet mounting lugs. If NY bans telescoping and/or folding buttstocks, they make guns without telescoping and/or folding buttstocks.
The definition of "assault weapon" begins with the conditions that the gun be a) semi-automatic, and b) feed from a detachable magazine. By replacing the finger-activated magazine catch with one that requires a tool you can move a gun (such as an AR-15) from "banned" to "acceptable".
Somebody out there is also making a pump-action AR-15. Because it's manual-action, you can have front-and-back pistol grips, flash hiders, bayonet lugs, folding/telescoping stock, etc.
If NY state was serious about it, they would simply ban all semi-automatic long guns without exception.
"Legally transferred" means that it didn't fall under the NY state definition of "assault weapon". Therefore, in NY, it wasn't an assault weapon. So much for banning cosmetic features, huh. Really makes the anti gun side less confused.
