How confusing is the new NY gun law? Even the state police can’t understand it. For several days the NYSP website has hosted a list of banned models and erroneously included several specific shotgun models that are perfectly legal even under the new law. Now they’ve removed the list, my link goes to a copy of the original text.

But hey, who cares, right? These are only the highly trained professionals the people rely on to enforce the law, so what if it’s so cryptically written that even they can’t comprehend it. The important thing is that something was done, not that it be in any way likely to help.