New York Gun Control Alert! Call and Write Your Representatives!

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

NEW YORK

The Assembly Codes Committee has sent a number of bills that would impact law-abiding gun owners, hunters, and sportsmen to the full Assembly for consideration.

They include A 3311, which would prohibit the sale of any pistol or revolver not containing a "child proofing" device; A 7039 (same as S 4453) which bans the sale, use, and possession of .50-caliber firearms; and A 8285, which would prohibit the purchase of more than one pistol or revolver in a thirty-day period.

Two bills being pushed by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV) are A 8542, which would expand the current ballistic "identification" program to include rifles and shotguns and A 8456, which would place many new onerous restrictions and requirements on firearm dealers. A 8542 was just introduced on May 14th and referred to the Codes Committee. A 8456 was referred by the Codes Committee to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Please contact your Assembly member and urge him to OPPOSE the proposals listed above.

Also, the Senate Codes Committee has sent S 1111 (same as A 2397), which would establish the presumption that handgun license applicants have "proper cause" for issuance, and S 1244 (same as A 2730), which would limit a licensing officer`s discretion in imposing additional restrictions on a licensee not otherwise provided for in law, to the full Senate for consideration. Please contact your State Senator and encourage SUPPORT for this critical reform measure.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

To the Bang List.

[nutmeg]

FYI

[Travis McGee]

So now the "ballistic identification" law is going to include shotguns.

That should be interesting.

[blackbart.223]

This is New York. Do you suppose it would do any good at this point?

Well I guess you have to try.

I fear for The Republic.

[blackbart.223]

"So now the "ballistic identification" law is going to include shotguns."

"That should be interesting."

Last time I looked there was no rifling in any shotgun I own. But don't expect Schumer and The Worlds smartist woman Hillary to figure that one out.

[Travis McGee]

It can only mean that they want sample test-fired shotgun shells for the computer data bank programs.

They put a lot of faith in firing pin and chamber marks.

The only way to make that work at all is to make it illegal to perform any work on a gun without retesting it at state bllistic ID labs each time.

[blackbart.223]

I have to admit I didn't think of that approach. But I live in a state that at least pays lip service to freedom.

[goldstategop]

Yawn.> Guns are already verboten in NYC. This is simply the last nail in the coffin of gun prohibition there.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

Yeah, we also know that .50 caliber firearms are the gangbanger's choice for blowing peoples' heads off. Just the other day I saw a thug carrying a huge thirty-three pound .50 BMG rifle with an eight pound .50 AE Desert Eagle stuck in his sagging pants.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I was sad about living in Maryland; then I read this...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The only way to make that work at all is to make it illegal to perform any work on a gun without retesting it at state bllistic ID labs each time.

Aw, man, don't give 'em any ideas.

[Gritty]

Guns are already verboten in NYC. This is simply the last nail in the coffin of gun prohibition there.

Yes, but long guns are almost unrestricted in the rest of the state, and it is still somewhat possible to own a pistol in many counties.

This seems like just another way to put clamps on the rest of the state.

[Shooter 2.5]

Oh, man.

Someone remind me again that the gungrabbers are on the run. < Sarcasm >

[Stay the course]

A3311/7039/8285/8542/8456 will pass and be rejected by the Senate. S1111/1244 will pass and be rejected by the Assembly. It's a game they play every year in Albany to curry favor with their constituents. One of the fringe benefits (to politicians) of having a permanently divided legislature is that you can pretend to be fighting for what voters want without ever having to actually get any of it done.

[jscd3]

Last time I looked there was no rifling in any shotgun I own. But don't expect Schumer and The Worlds smartist woman Hillary to figure that one out.

You can, of course, purchase rifled shotgun barrels to improve the accuracy of slugs designed to take advantage of them. But of course, that is the point - anyone can buy an alternative shotgun barrel of many different kinds any time they want and switch it; it must take all of two minutes.

This picky detail aside, your point is correct

[lentulusgracchus]

They put a lot of faith in firing pin and chamber marks.

It doesn't have to be accurate or useful, as long as it serves in court to felonize another gun owner.

[Travis McGee]

They're already setting this system up in NJ and MD.

[Travis McGee]

Exactamundo.