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.
Would this mean a skeet shooter could only purchase 4 shotgun shells? Would only be able to shoot station 1
They can’t and likely haven’t thought about it. what they’re proposing is unenforceable. In essence it’s more feel good nonsense.
Why not make the limit to 19- rounds? That would really screw with the public!
Limit ‘journalists’ to one article every 20 days. We have an epidemic of “fake news,” you know.
Yes and your buddies would have to shoot all the other stations. Skeet would become a true “team” sport.
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.
Since “being a terrorist” is against all legislation already what makes these morons think more legislation would work?
And since ammo comes in boxes of fifty, gun shops will have to begin selling loosey ammo, one round at a time. This will then be outlawed.
Just move, people! There are very few things you do in New York that you can’t do in a free state.
...shall not be infringed.
And what’s to stop somebody from going to PA and picking up a few cans?
Maybe we can encourage a NYxit? I am waiting for CAlxit.
Why, yes, A criminal will probably only be able to kill around 10 people every three months, generously assuming two shots per victim. If he is careful, and precise, he can do more. Whoever thought this proposed law up should be committed to an institution...
Sounds like a business opportunity to me...
The guy down the block when I was a kid would make his own ammo, pretty simple, casing with cap, black powder, melted lead, mold and crimper....
Open a class to teach folks how to make it themselves, charge a few bucks to attend and then sell the supplies to do it as well...
Stupid law for stupid people.
That’s pretty much a conversation stopper right there, whoa.
Can laws be limited to no more than 75 words?
How about limiting New York Times articles to only 100 words, and each story must contain at least 25 adverbs and no more than 4 verbs.
Cuomo is going full retard Marxist.
Simple. They will search your car and your online purchases.
NO! Liberals fleeing NY are already messing up FL and other states like those fleeing CA. They’re like a virus...they kill one host and then move to another.
Or reloading their own.
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