These alterations. especially the first one, would probably fail:
This is downright vengeful and deliberately targeting both the AR operating system and the Thordsen company for developing a once-NY-compliant workaround.
“(49) The term ‘pistol grip’ means a grip, a thumbhole stock or Thordsen-type grip or stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip.
For those devoted to the AR, your choices for new manufactures would be a choice between featureless or top-feed into a fixed magazine. As for various tricks and workarounds on the issue of detachability, be careful and keep in mind the many failed efforts by California 2A hobbyists, and my one simple adage: "If you think you've gotten around a gun law, you're probably in violation of it." In a lot of restrictive States, all it takes is a word from the attorney general for some such thing to hit the ban list. I remember one system that was legal for a few months: A tripped-out AR with no stock whatsoever. It slipped through the CA definition of rifle--till the legislature changed the law.
And there's this truncated action (information only--not an endorsement--and included just because it looks cool):
See also TDF 57 for videos by California law enforcement officers (so take it as you judge) on ban-beating arms. The first video discusses a bullpup design, and I have to wonder how long till those are targeted. The second focuses on the above weapon. Again, take it as you judge.
(Just a reminder: *I* called for Federalist 46 action to stop the Election Steal, while the rest of you just yelled.)
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
