Posted on 01/04/2017 1:19:04 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Legislators are trying to make the already draconian New York SAFE Act even more absurd.
According to this story from thetruthaboutguns.com, lawmakers from Brooklyn announced two proposed amendments to the package of firearms laws would limit how much ammunition New York residents could buy at a time.
The law would only allow gun owners to purchase twice a gun’s capacity every 90 days. Since the SAFE Act already limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds, a gun owner wouldn’t be able to buy more than one 20-round box of ammo every three months. Theoretically, a person who owns a six-shot revolver would be limited to purchasing 12 rounds every 90 days.
This story from brooklyneagle.com says the legislation would also “prevent gun dealers from selling ammunition for a firearms to anyone not authorized to have such a weapon.”
Anyone who knows anything about guns knows there are a lot of reasons this wouldn’t work. First, as thetruthaboutguns.com points out, every single firearm possessed by a state resident would have to be cataloged and registered with information including it’s capacity for a gun shop to theoretically know which gun a person is purchasing ammunition for, and therefore how much to sell them. This would also mean that a person who doesn’t own a firearm wouldn’t be able to purchase ammunition.
Proponents of the legislation, including state Senator Roxanne Persaud and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, say the purpose of the legislation is to prevent terrorists from stockpiling ammunition.
“Limiting the quantity and duration between purchases of ammunition is one step in preventing someone with criminal intent from easily accessing large quantities of ammunition,” Persaud said in the story.
Earlier this year, New York suspended the ammunition registration portion of the SAFE Act because the required database was found to be unworkable and unaffordable to create. A similar system would be required to enforce this new amendment, should it ever pass.
The story also says: “Under the proposal, Section 270.00 of the New York State Penal Law would be amended to prevent gun dealers from selling ammunition for a firearm to anyone unauthorized to have such a weapon, regardless of the weapon type. Under the current code, only pistols and revolvers are specifically regulated.”
That’s not all. The new legislation ups the penalty for a violation to a Class E felony that carries a minimum of one year in prison, and up to four.
The biggest issue is how they propose to prevent somebody from just buying a case of ammo from a neighboring state.
These Libs aren’t interested in limiting Terrorist’s stockpiles of ammo. That’s just an excuse to push their anti-gun agenda. They want to make it harder for legit gun owners to purchase ammo, especially expendable target rounds.
It’s backdoor Bloomberg and Soros style gun control.
It's not like there are already outfits making big money smuggling cigarettes from North Carolina to New York. /s
This is side-door Registration.
Time to get that reloading press and dies you always wanted.
No one needs to practice?
This law infringes. Obviously. The Framers weren't talking about keeping and bearing arms that have had the ammo for them cut off or restricted to such a degree that the gun is essentially useless. Why would the Framers protect such a weapon with the 2nd Amendment if said weapon was about as useful as a means of self defense as a rock?
Since they can’t ban the gun they are trying to ban the bullet.
I can find the right to bear arms in the Constitution.
I still can’t find the right to stab a pair of scissors in the back of a 9-month old gestational baby’s skull and pull it out piece by piece and sell those parts for profit.
If you aren’t reloading ammo, you aren’t shooting enough! :)
Any “lawmaker” who doesn’t understand the infringement argument needs to be disbarred.
Empty guns are a valuable weapon, even Superman is afraid of them.
Bullets bounce right off his chest but on the tv show he would duck when the crook threw the empty gun at him.
Maybe one day they will require you to show your tax stamps when you go to the shooting range.
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press, except for 20 of every 90 days.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, except for 20 of every 90 days.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, except for 20 of every 90 days.
etc
> Since they can’t ban the gun they are trying to ban the bullet.
If it weren’t for the bullet, no one would fear the gun.
The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government. The New York legislature is in bad need of some serious restraint.
That’s what I was thinking, so crazy.
I may or may not have had some experience in that kind of thing.
That's all I'm gonna say. I've had an interesting life :-P
And in a sane world given blindfolds and cigarettes.
I read a story about a hunter and beauracrats, i think it was in Norway, he requested only ONE bullet per hunting season, said it was all he needed to feed his family. Yet somehow it rankled certain officials, they were upset about the unused ammo he did NOT use.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.