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Cuomo Signs Gun Legislation Into Law
nyt ^ | January 15, 2013 | THOMAS KAPLAN

Posted on 01/15/2013 2:43:29 PM PST by Red Steel

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law on Tuesday a sweeping package of gun control measures, significantly expanding a ban on assault weapons and making New York the first state to change its laws in response to the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

Mr. Cuomo signed the bill less than an hour after the State Assembly approved the legislation on a 104-to-43 vote. The State Senate approved the measure, 43 to 18, on Monday night.

The expanded ban on assault weapons broadens the definition of such weapons, banning semiautomatic pistols and rifles with detachable magazines and one military-style feature, as well as semiautomatic shotguns with one military-style feature. New Yorkers who already own such guns can keep them but will be required to register them with the state.

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To: Red Steel

Does this mean that all those people in NY counties exposed as being gun owners will be considered criminals if their handgun holds more than seven rounds?

How soon will the Confiscations begin!


101 posted on 01/15/2013 4:30:45 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name! See new paintings!)
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To: Red Steel; All

Someone needs to start legislation requiring politicians to start Quartering troops.

Let’s see how they like it.


102 posted on 01/15/2013 4:34:43 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ez

Alas, it’s a congressional rule, conveniently ignored when expedient or misdirection is necessary. They legislate in the manner of playing tennis with the net down.

Their “base pay” is around $80,000 for a part time job - usually beginning in January and ending sometime toward the end of June. Those with juice get plum committee assignments, called lulus, which sweeten the pot with generous five figure add-ons. Then there’s the $185 per diem whether they are actually legislating or just sitting around waiting for some action - and I challenge you to define “action.” sd


103 posted on 01/15/2013 4:38:56 PM PST by shotdog (I love my country. It's our government I'm afraid of.)
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To: 353FMG
I hardly think a Freeper with a handle GlockThe Vote would qualify as riff-raff.

104 posted on 01/15/2013 4:39:59 PM PST by grobdriver (Sic semper tyrannis!)
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To: Red Steel

New York’s law, called the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act:

•Bans possession of any high-capacity magazines regardless of when they were made or sold. Only clips able to hold up to seven rounds can be sold in the state. Clips able to hold seven to 10 rounds can be possessed, but cannot be loaded with more than seven rounds. If an owner is found to have eight or more bullets in a magazine, he or she could face a misdemeanor charge.

•Requires ammunition dealers to do background checks, similar to those for gun buyers. Dealers are required to report all sales, including amounts, to the state. Internet sales of ammunition are allowed, but the ammunition will have to be shipped to a licensed dealer in New York state for pickup.

•Requires creation of a registry of assault weapons. Those New Yorkers who already own such weapons would be required to register their guns with the state.

•Most controversially, requires any therapist who believes a mental health patient made a credible threat of harming others to report the threat to a mental health director, who would then have to report serious threats to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services. A patient’s gun could be taken from him or her, as well.

•Stipulates that stolen guns should be reported within 24 hours.

•Tightens the state’s description of an “assault” weapon. Previous state law defined an assault weapon as having two “military rifle” features, but the new law reduces that specification to just one feature

•Requires background checks for all gun sales, including by private dealers — except for sales to members of the seller’s immediate family.


105 posted on 01/15/2013 4:43:32 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Red Steel
Looks like Old Glory's going to need some company for awhile from this other great American flag.


106 posted on 01/15/2013 4:43:45 PM PST by EternalVigilance (It's amazing how expensive "free" can be.)
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To: tet68
"We hear some talk of Seccession but are not THESE states breaking with the constitution by the nature of their actions? They are in fact leaving the US."

Agreed. Secede New York and states that have already been ruined by New Yorkers (e.g., California) from the USA--not the US-culture states. Only allow reentry into the USA for states that prove rehabilitation to US culture.


107 posted on 01/15/2013 4:48:30 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: Red Steel

One of the biggest errors Gen. Washington made was not burning NYC to the ground. That city was a nest of redcoats filled with females who would lift up their skirts to anyone in red. The situation hasn’t changed in 250 years, and the option to burn it to the ground is now in our hands.


108 posted on 01/15/2013 4:50:54 PM PST by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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To: Red Steel
All you folks in NY need to move.

Just don't bring any of your crap with you.

109 posted on 01/15/2013 4:52:51 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: RandallFlagg

I don’t know what a “Fudd” is, but I’ll take a stab at it:

Perhaps it is referring to Elmer Fudd, legendary hunter of Bugs Bunny fame.

But don’t quote me.

Regards from a new potential felon,


110 posted on 01/15/2013 4:54:36 PM PST by VermiciousKnid (Sic narro nos totus!)
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To: RandallFlagg
I have to ask...
WHAT is a, "FUDD?"

From the context, I suppose it refers to the cartoon character Elmer Fudd, who is a hunter.

111 posted on 01/15/2013 4:55:32 PM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Red Steel

In the 1940s, did the morons at the NYT refer to the greatest mass murderer machine since the democrat party as Mr. Hitler?


112 posted on 01/15/2013 5:02:08 PM PST by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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To: 353FMG
Concealed carry classes are all full and there is standing room only at gunshows.

I've often wondered why I can't find a seat at the S.A. gunshow. There aren't any chairs!

Please y’all, stay away from Texas.

Yeah! We got aintz.....fahr aintz....millions of'm.

113 posted on 01/15/2013 5:04:04 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: Lmo56
Requires background checks for all gun sales, including by private dealers — except for sales to members of the seller’s immediate family.

So... you could start a polygamist group that allows unlimited multiple marriages to anyone so that everyone in New York could become immediate family and therefore bypass the background check. (/SARC)

What do law enforcement people in New York think about enforcing unconstitutional laws? I recall some Germans in the late '40s claiming that they were just enforcing the laws of the time...just before they went for a swing.

114 posted on 01/15/2013 5:04:34 PM PST by eldoradude (Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
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To: PMAS

They said on the news as soon as he signs it. It’s probably law now. NYS sucks.


115 posted on 01/15/2013 5:05:40 PM PST by shadow99
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To: Red Steel

Oh dear Andrew you are a AH now go eat your Quanza Cake that crazy Sandra made for you.


116 posted on 01/15/2013 5:06:10 PM PST by 1217Chic
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To: GlockThe Vote

Good answer!


117 posted on 01/15/2013 5:13:44 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: popdonnelly
Why do lawful gun owners always have to bear the burden of crimes committed with guns?

Because gun laws are only meant to control people like us.

118 posted on 01/15/2013 5:14:24 PM PST by wastedyears (Obama and Democrats to Republicans: "LOL!")
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To: Red Steel

Does the law have one drop of original thought in it? Anywhere?


119 posted on 01/15/2013 5:14:39 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: TheWriterTX

I just applied for a job in SC. I will be working my way toward TX in the next few days. I used to live in El Paso, aka Ft Bliss. I loved the area. That was a long time ago. Not sure what it is like now.

I don’t know what is east of El Paso.


120 posted on 01/15/2013 5:15:07 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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