In an article a few months back, I wrote about colored guns.

I would imagine enterprising bank robbers will soon be sporting orange-tipped weapons to give them a few seconds edge on the police and concealed license holders. If they're willing to rob a bank armed, what makes you think they won't apply some orange paint?

Well, it seems that New York's Mayor Bloomberg must have been reading. He unveiled new legislation yesterday taking direct aim at "coloration kits" that can make guns look like toys. So now not only are black rifles like the AR-15 "evil" in the gun-grabbers' eyes, but now guns of color are too. So far, no-one seems to have noticed that most SKS and AK-47 types come in wooden stocks. I guess it is only a matter of time that wood is "evil" too, what with its extra design feature of making the rifle a very effective club, somrthing that the composite firearms generally suck at.

"Just think about how sick it is," Bloomberg said. "What possible reason can you give to want to paint a gun so it looks like a child's toy gun, other than to put a police officer in one of those impossible positions?"

Er... because I like unique firearms? Because I can? Because it negates the "black is evil" argument that our rabid opponents like to spout?

Walmart includes this beginner's rifle in their catalog:




An the AR15 can sport a wide range of colors, before we even look at paint:




The NYT has another and final snippet:

Although no painted guns have been recovered in connection with crimes, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, the proposed law is a pre-emptive move, intended to stop criminals from potentially tricking police officers with candy-colored weapons.

You can have it when you prise it from my cold, dead, paint-stained fingers...