New York AG shuts down gun sales on 17 websites

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday that 17 websites are no longer selling nearly complete assault weapons to customers in the state after she requested them to stop. The AG’s office, in a cease-and-desist letter sent in September 2019, asked the businesses to stop selling New York residents firearm components that, with other parts, could be turned into illegal assault weapons. The gun parts, James said, are typically marketed to people that are looking to evade law enforcement. “As…