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In response to the passage of New York's sweeping new gun law, a 
Washington state-based firearms manufacturer has decided to stop 
selling their products in the Empire State.

Olympic Arms, a manufacturer of semiautomatic rifles and AR-15-
style firearms, announced Tuesday it will no longer be doing 
business in New York as a result of the state's new ban on 
assault-style weapons, according to the Times Union.

The company explained its decision in a post on its Facebook 
page: "Legislation recently passed in the State of New York 
outlaws the AR15 and many other firearms, and will make it 
illegal for the good and free citizens of New York to own a 
large selection of legal and safe firearms and magazines. We 
feel as though the passage of this legislation exceeds the 
authority granted to the government of New York by its citizens, 
and violates the Constitution of the United States."

New York Gov. Cuomo last month signed into law tough legislation 
aimed at strengthening state laws on assault weapons, gun-
magazine capacity and reporting potential harmful behavior. 
Though the law allows law enforcement agencies to purchase 
assault-style weapons, Olympic says it will no longer serve the 
state's first responders.

"It didn't make sense that citizens can't have what police 
departments have," Brian Schuetz, Olympic's president and co-
owner, told the Times Union.

The law also restricts ammunition magazines from 10 to seven 
bullets and current owners of higher-capacity magazines have a 
year to sell them out of state.

An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine 
could face a misdemeanor charge.

The family-run company's decision to pull out of New York will 
likely have little impact on police departments, John Grebert, 
the Executive Director of the New York State Association of 
Chiefs of Police, told the paper.

Still, news of the withdrawal triggered a public outcry on 
social media. Olympic's Facebook post announcing the decision 
had over 7,500 "likes" as of Saturday afternoon.

Schuetz told the Times Union he was surprised at the level of 
attention the announcement has received from the media and 
online.

"It wasn't meant to be a big statement," he told the paper.

Olympic's decision comes on the heels of last week's major 
demonstration at the state Capitol in Albany, where about 500 
opponents of the new gun control law rallied in support of their 
constitutional right to bear arms while a smaller group inside 
praised lawmakers for backing the law.

Gun rights' advocates, who criticized Cuomo and legislators who 
enacted the law last month, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, 
sang the national anthem and took a collective oath to uphold 
the U.S. Constitution.

The group Turn Albany Upside Down, a rally organizer, said both 
the quick passage of the measure and some provisions are 
unlawful. They called the seven-bullet limit on magazines 
"arbitrary and capricious."

Inside the Capitol, about 75 members of One Million Moms for Gun 
Control and other groups thanked Cuomo and lawmakers for 
leadership in setting gun limits they expect to help reduce 
violence.

They filled a staircase and cheered speakers, including 
Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who said the law's provisions to 
prevent private gun sales without a background check, ban 
assault weapons, require pistol license renewals and restrict 
gun access by the mentally ill won't be repealed or watered down.

Cuomo cited the December killings of 20 first-graders and six 
educators at a Connecticut elementary school as one of his 
motivations for pushing the gun legislation.

Authorities have said the troubled 20-year-old shooter used a 
semi-automatic rifle and had large detachable magazines. Those 
rifles are illegal under New York's law if they have one 
military-style feature such as a pistol grip, flash suppressor 
or bayonet mount. The law calls for registration of formerly 
legal guns like the popular AR-15 now classified as an illegal 
assault weapon that can't be bought or sold in New York.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/17/firearms-manufacturer-
ends-sales-to-new-york-in-wake-new-gun-law/?intcmp=obinsite

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