Re: Springfield Armory Rufused to sell
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MAGUA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
No offense but what the fuck are you and Oddball six smoking ?
5 round magazines are LEGAL there is nothing to fucking INTERPRET.</div></div>
Agreed, but just because you feel like this one specific product is legal doesn't mean that a given supplier has completed thier process to agree.
Companies like SA don't want to lose money being sued.
So they say "ok, lets make a business decision on whether we want to put forward certain products in this new environment". Until that decision is made, they don't sell. Its a pretty basic thing that has been a risk assessment feature of every business that I have ever seen deal with a newly changing regulatory environment.
You don't just truck forward and assume you know it all without the lawyers at your back, because thats how you lose millions of dollars in fines and penalties. All it takes is one product that ISNT ok with the law being sold to ONE person in the state and Cuomo and his royal guard will drag the offending company through the news and go after every last bit of anything they can get, not to mention the cost of actually paying people to represent you, etc.
So yeah, you want a 5 round magazine. Thats nice. I dont give two shits about your $40 for that magazine if by turning you away for a few days I can make sure one of my low paid call takers doesn't earn me a million dollar liability plus court fees and attorney costs.
I may even feel strong enough as a business owner to choose not to do business in that environment at all. Why expose myself to the liability of a shifting regulatory environment when I don't support the rules anyway?
Incidentally, on the subject of interpretation, did you know that two days ago it became illegal to unlock your phone? No law changed. The only thing that changed was interpretation and regulatory guidance from the librarian of congress. Laws are enforced by agencies, and often codified in rules that the agency responsible for action or enforcement tries to setup to provide better guidance on how the law applies in an area. This process happens because in theory by issuing rules, they give you specific enough guidance to avoid having any reason to "not know". The reality is that sometimes the guidance or rulemaking doesnt line up exactly with the law. Its that gray area between the actual rule and the law, where sometimes the rulemaking is even over-reaching, that can cause all manner of headaches. Happens with federal agencies all the time.
