Wow...OK...Good News...
Detective Novins called...and said he spoke with a "Steve Albanese" - a retired NYPD officer who is a very well respected gun smith / gun expert for the NYPD still...
Mr. Albanese says that the Ares SCR "has zero offending features, and compared to the Ruger Mini-14, which is legal in NYC, is essentially the same in terms of function."
Detective Novins says he is 80% that we will get the approval now. He just has to run it by the director...
I am fully prepared that the director will still deny it, or maybe approve the SCR only to get the Police Commissioner to add it to the banned list...
But at least I didn't make it easy for them...and we MAY have standing to challenge NYC's "right" to arbitrarily ban any gun they want based on no actual law or features or definition...that is the definition of constitutionally arbitrary.
So if they add the SCR to the banned list, lawsuit here we come!