Of all the evil features listed on the AG's website about "assault firearms"

 

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/agguide/assltf.htm

 

1. a folding or telescoping stock;

2. a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;

3. a bayonet mount;

4. a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and

5. a grenade launcher;

 

...the folding or telescoping stock one has always seemed the least likely. The pistol grip identifies an entire style Ar15/M16/AK rifle. Bayonet mounts are on military guns. Flash suppressors at least seem evil (why don't you want people to see where you are firing??), and grenade launchers are completely over the top.

 

Even folding stocks I get; some of those wild military guns with the folding stocks might seem scary to someone writing a ruling, and with the stock folded they are really small...

 

But telescoping stocks? What's the deal with that? It makes it hard to correctly fit a rifle if you are bigger or smaller than average. It makes a whole range of very non-scary competition guns illegal. It just seems weird to me.

 

What is scary and/or potentially evil about a telescoping stock? The rifle still has to meet NFA rules about overall length, right?

 

(I know, NJ is stupid, the people who write the laws are stupid, etc, but I can at least see where their confused minds got 4.5 out of the 5 guidelines; the telescoping stock thing just doesn't make sense to me).

Of all the evil features listed on the AG's website about "assault firearms"

 

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/agguide/assltf.htm

 

1. a folding or telescoping stock;

2. a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;

3. a bayonet mount;

4. a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and

5. a grenade launcher;

 

...the folding or telescoping stock one has always seemed the least likely. The pistol grip identifies an entire style Ar15/M16/AK rifle. Bayonet mounts are on military guns. Flash suppressors at least seem evil (why don't you want people to see where you are firing??), and grenade launchers are completely over the top.

 

Even folding stocks I get; some of those wild military guns with the folding stocks might seem scary to someone writing a ruling, and with the stock folded they are really small...

 

But telescoping stocks? What's the deal with that? It makes it hard to correctly fit a rifle if you are bigger or smaller than average. It makes a whole range of very non-scary competition guns illegal. It just seems weird to me.

 

What is scary and/or potentially evil about a telescoping stock? The rifle still has to meet NFA rules about overall length, right?

 

(I know, NJ is stupid, the people who write the laws are stupid, etc, but I can at least see where their confused minds got 4.5 out of the 5 guidelines; the telescoping stock thing just doesn't make sense to me).

 

I'm assuming the libs are thinking it's easier to conceal the rifle if it has a telescoping stock.

I agree that it does seem a bit pointless that collapsing stocks are a no-no. The military originally used collapsible stocks to make it easier for troops to handle their rifles with the addition of body armor, but that seems like a moot point in the civilian sector. My guess is the same as Richie's.