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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: Las Vegas Ron; RandallFlagg
Mu guess was "Elmer Fudd", you know, the hunters that refuse to line up with other firearm owners because they believe their hunting guns are not threatened. Many of them are just as anti-AR and high capacity sidearms as most liberals. "Who needs that stuff?"

We had some dork hunter here that ranted against funding a new shooting range because hunters did not need it to practice marksmanship. Not kidding.

61 posted on 01/15/2013 3:38:59 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: snippy_about_it

SC is on the list. Actually in the top 5.


62 posted on 01/15/2013 3:39:12 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Red Steel
Upstate NY is famous for hunting. It's often advertised in hunting magazines.
Who's going to want to go to NY now? There goes their hunting license revenue.

Teach your kids to stay out of liberal states. They'll find they've made a huge mistake going into one once they're adults. This is a very important lesson to teach them.
Right now, because of the housing crash, we're stuck in upstate. The property isn't worth what we invested in it at this time (though we're considering downsizing and heading out anyway when our youngest son finds a job of his own).
We've taught our children not to stay in the state. The Penn. border isn't that far away. We've told them to go there when they're ready to settle down.

63 posted on 01/15/2013 3:40:01 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Dutch Boy

I am sorry for New Yorkers that believe in a less centralized government, the 2nd Amendment, and freedom. New York has just become worse than New Jersey with respect to gun rights. I benefited from the Australian gun ban and the Canadian registration scheme, I was able to purchase some real nice weapons that belonged to people that lived there and had to sell their weapons or turn them in. Maybe Cuomo just helped weapon collectors in the SE United States.


64 posted on 01/15/2013 3:46:47 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: RandallFlagg

Do a search for the term “Zumboed.”


65 posted on 01/15/2013 3:47:19 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: RandallFlagg
In an acknowledgment that many people have suggested that part of the solution to gun violence is a better government response to mental illness, the legislation includes not only new restrictions on gun ownership, but also efforts to limit access to guns by mentally ill people.

This is a creeping dog we should all be aware of.

Sadly, I see some here falling for this as an answer to get the Government off of THEIR backs.

Who decides, Government appointed psychologists who have political agendas? What are the definitions and parameters?

Take their right, don't touch mine?

Cut spending, just don't cut my benefits ring a bell?

66 posted on 01/15/2013 3:47:53 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: Fitzy_888
"I need to bury some magazines in my walls, that a lot of Sheetrock work I don’t have time for at present."

Next they will show up with metal detectors.

Criminals already do this to find silver I guess.

67 posted on 01/15/2013 3:48:12 PM PST by hummingbird
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To: Red Steel; All

Can anyone confirm a rumor on the Internet and on YouTube that Bank of America is not allowing any of its customers (bank or credit) to purchase firearms or ammo?


68 posted on 01/15/2013 3:50:22 PM PST by HOYA97 (twitter @hoya97)
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To: doorgunner69
We had some dork hunter here that ranted against funding a new shooting range because hunters did not need it to practice marksmanship. Not kidding.

Who was it?

69 posted on 01/15/2013 3:50:23 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: Red Steel

Hoping New Yorkers stay out of Florida! Let them stay where they can reap what they have sewn!


70 posted on 01/15/2013 3:50:57 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cotton1706
"But the liberals (both democrat and republican) will feel all warm and fuzzy inside!"

And drunk inside with power.

71 posted on 01/15/2013 3:51:14 PM PST by hummingbird
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To: Red Steel

http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S2230-2013
“S 37. Subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:

22. “Assault weapon” means

(A) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE
MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
(I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
(II) A PISTOL GRIP THAT PROTRUDES CONSPICUOUSLY BENEATH THE ACTION OF
THE WEAPON;
(III) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
(IV) A SECOND HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
(V) A BAYONET MOUNT;
(VI) A FLASH SUPPRESSOR, MUZZLE BREAK, MUZZLE COMPENSATOR, OR THREADED
BARREL DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A FLASH SUPPRESSOR, MUZZLE BREAK, OR
MUZZLE COMPENSATOR;
(VII) A GRENADE LAUNCHER; OR
S. 2230 19 A. 2388
(B) A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
CHARACTERISTICS:
(I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
(II) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
(III) A SECOND HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
(IV) A FIXED MAGAZINE CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF SEVEN ROUNDS;
(V) AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; OR
(C) A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE
MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
(I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
(II) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
(III) A SECOND HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
(IV) CAPACITY TO ACCEPT AN AMMUNITION MAGAZINE THAT ATTACHES TO THE
PISTOL OUTSIDE OF THE PISTOL GRIP;
(V) A THREADED BARREL CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING A BARREL EXTENDER, FLASH
SUPPRESSOR, FORWARD HANDGRIP, OR SILENCER;
(VI) A SHROUD THAT IS ATTACHED TO, OR PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY ENCIR
CLES, THE BARREL AND THAT PERMITS THE SHOOTER TO HOLD THE FIREARM WITH
THE NON-TRIGGER HAND WITHOUT BEING BURNED;
(VII) A MANUFACTURED WEIGHT OF FIFTY OUNCES OR MORE WHEN THE PISTOL IS
UNLOADED; OR
(VIII) A SEMIAUTOMATIC VERSION OF AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR
FIREARM;
(D) A REVOLVING CYLINDER SHOTGUN;
(E) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A SEMIAUTOMATIC
PISTOL OR WEAPON DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDI
VISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND AND OTHERWISE
LAWFULLY POSSESSED PURSUANT TO SUCH CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR;
(F) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A SEMIAUTOMATIC
PISTOL OR WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A), (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI
SION, POSSESSED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH;
(G) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
(I) ANY RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL THAT (A) IS MANUALLY OPERATED BY
BOLT, PUMP, LEVER OR SLIDE ACTION; (B) HAS BEEN RENDERED PERMANENTLY
INOPERABLE; OR (C) IS AN ANTIQUE FIREARM AS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C.
921(A)(16);
(II) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT CANNOT ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE
THAT HOLDS MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION;
(III) A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION IN A FIXED OR DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; OR
(IV) A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL, OR A REPLICA OR A DUPLICATE THEREOF,
SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX A TO 18 U.S.C. 922 AS SUCH WEAPON WAS MANUFACTURED
ON OCTOBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. THE MERE FACT THAT A
WEAPON IS NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX A SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT
SUCH WEAPON IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON;
(V) ANY WEAPON VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN-A OF
SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
(VI) ANY FIREARM, RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN THAT WAS MANUFACTURED AT LEAST
FIFTY YEARS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT DATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING REPLICAS THERE
S. 2230 20 A. 2388
OF THAT IS VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN-A OF
SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER;
(H) ANY WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OR (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND
ANY LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE THAT WAS LEGALLY POSSESSED
BY AN INDIVIDUAL PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH, MAY ONLY BE SOLD TO,
EXCHANGED WITH OR DISPOSED OF TO A PURCHASER AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS SUCH
WEAPONS OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE PROVIDED THAT
ANY SUCH TRANSFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE MUST
BE REPORTED TO THE ENTITY WHEREIN THE WEAPON IS REGISTERED WITHIN SEVEN
TY-TWO HOURS OF SUCH TRANSFER. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO TRANSFERS ANY SUCH
WEAPON OR LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION DEVICE TO AN INDIVIDUAL INSIDE NEW
YORK STATE OR WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR UNLESS SUCH LARGE CAPACITY
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE, THE POSSESSION OF WHICH IS MADE ILLEGAL BY
THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARA
GRAPH, IS TRANSFERRED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAP
TER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH.”

Well, that certainly clears that up...


72 posted on 01/15/2013 3:51:32 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Red Steel

I suggest we ask our representatives to move the Statue of Liberty elswhere.


73 posted on 01/15/2013 3:53:40 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: Red Steel

I suggest we ask our representatives to move the Statue of Liberty elswhere.


74 posted on 01/15/2013 3:53:48 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Not on FR, on the letters to the editor page of the local liberal fishwrap.


75 posted on 01/15/2013 3:54:45 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Red Steel


I'm sure the gangstas are shaking in there boots...
76 posted on 01/15/2013 3:55:23 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Red Steel

Good thing he got right on it before somebody else gets shot.

As soon as Zer0 signs his E.O.’s we will ALL be safer.

Huge sigh of relief!


77 posted on 01/15/2013 3:55:26 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: vetvetdoug
I don't understand why New Yorkers are sitting around eating this crap sandwich.

For the same reason they have homosexual pseudo marriages. It was forced upon them against their will. This is what happens when leftists rule.

NYC has so many flaming commies, the place is like a huge rats nest. Upstate tried to separate from the state because it had no say, and it almost worked, until the Jewish in NYC wanted their own state because of their religious beliefs.
Personally, I believe the Jewish did that to defeat the proposal, because NYC Jews vote democrat. NYC welfare needs our money.

78 posted on 01/15/2013 3:57:30 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Series indeed! Unless these laws are challenged in court as being unconstitutional and ruled as such, they will remain in force. As we have found out on Obamacare and AZ 1070, SCOTUS is not the guardian of our Constitution. They are destroying it.


79 posted on 01/15/2013 3:58:29 PM PST by kabar
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To: Red Steel
this applies to privately owned guns by LEO's too... right???
80 posted on 01/15/2013 4:00:14 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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