But....wait! Aren't muskets the only things actually protected by the 2nd amendment? ;)

Hey now Geek, you can't go about pointing out the direct contradictions in what passes for the anti-gunners' "logic"! That's just not fighting fair. Cut that out, you hear? We'll invoke the "fairness doctrine" on your behind.

And I imagine a pound of powder and a handful of lead balls will be considered an "arsenal".

Hopefully this tool of a reporter at WABC won't discover the fact that you do not need a federal licence or a background check to purchase a brand-new, reproduction 19th-century artillery piece, either...

(irony)Forget a single-shot muzzleloading rifle. If you are looking to cause mayhem, a Napoleon 12-pdr loaded with canister shot is a much better choice. The concealability of the 800-lb tube and wheeled carriage is an issue, though...(/irony)

Sheesh, haven't they wasted enough of our time with their hysterical nonsense? I thought this issue was decided 40 years ago with the 1968 GCA and all its German-law based definitions of antique firearms.

I believe percussion cap pistols also fall under the antique exemption.

You can buy reproductions of all the pistols Clint Eastwood used in "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Heck you could probably get yourself a whole Josey Wales outfit, spurs and all.

Don't tell those crack reporters at WABC, or they're likely to have heart attacks.

"Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is not happy about the antique gun loophole. He says it should be done away with immediately."

In other news, Parliament has passed a law banning the export of guns, powder and ammunition to the Colonies. General William Howe has his sights fixed on capturing New York. Ray Kelly applauded General Howe and said he would kiss his hand upon entering the city.

>>Cut that out, you hear? We'll invoke the "fairness doctrine" on your behind.

Does that mean I have to let Sarah Brady post on my blog? ;)

>>> Does that mean I have to let Sarah Brady post on my blog? ;)

Yes! Her, and Carolyn McCarthy and Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein and Ted Kennedy, too! Oh, and Mayor Bloomberg and Eliot Schpitzenpepper also!

(ouch, it made my teeth hurt just to type those blankety-blank names)

A while back I used Senator Schumer's name in an e mail. Spell check highlighted his name and suggested "schemer" . It made my day.

I suppose the fact you're lucky to get off four shots a minute with one of those is beside the point...wow, imagine the carnage such firepower could generate!

More PSH from the liberal media who insist that every aspect of our lives be micromanaged by the nanny state.

My rights are not a loophole!

"State police trooper Amanda Reif has felt the power of the black powder rifle when she was shot by one last summer while responding to a domestic call.

"This one hit my vest and it mushroomed, it was the first shot. The second shot just hit a little higher," she said."

OK, it's awful she got shot, and the guy who did it is a scumbag, but who gets shot twice with a muzzleloader ?? Are there twin barrel ones ?

"Affe" wrote, on October 20, 2007 09:40 AM: " . . . who gets shot twice with a muzzleloader ?? Are there twin barrel ones ?"

She got hit with a "New York reload."

:)

I know.

No laughing matter.

Couldn't resist.

Seriously now.

In agreement with earlier comment: No guns rights are ever a "loophole."

We really need to go on the offensive and push for strict scrutiny tests of all gun control laws (federal, state, county, and city), starting with the abolition of the BATFE and the repeal of the NFA of 1934.

I got a good laugh from the web page at the posted link. At the bottom of the story is an ad for Virginia urging the reader to "Live Passionately", with a picture of a Revolutionary War soldier holding...you guessed it...a musket. What a bunch of maroons.

Thanks ABC! I live in New York and NEVER KNEW that there was a musket loophole. Now I know. I'm going shopping this weekend!

Could a mortar or RPG be considered a muzzle loader? I suppose there are already laws banning those thing though?