I doubt it's a photoshop job. It's got a MonsterMan grip, which is an essential feature to make a CA-legal AR-15. Though it's also sporting a flash supressor and 30-round mag.
Ah, here's proof that it's not a photoshop. It's in a CNN video, fully stripped.
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/02/19/resnik.painted.guns.kpnx[/ame]
Oh, and Hidden_Question, our country was born because of citizens and their arms. It's part of us.