Posted on 01/14/2013 6:31:50 PM PST by FR_addict
ALBANY (CBSNewYork) – The New York State Legislature was poised Monday night to pass the first gun control measure following the Newtown school massacre. This as the vice president was set to unveil federal proposals to end gun violence on Tuesday.
Albany lawmakers have reportedly ironed out the kinks, allowing them to enact new gun control measures in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. Assuming the new bill passes — it was sent to both house of the Legislature on Monday night — it will turn into the toughest set of gun control laws in the country. ...
The new state legislation will:
* Limit ammunition clips to seven. It’s now 10
* Force gun owners to renew their licenses every five years
* Stiffen penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime
* Stiffen penalties for bringing a gun on school property
* New restrictions on the assault weapons already owned by New Yorkers
“They will be basically not permitted to be transferred. They will be grandfathered in but not in terms of a transfer. There will be a registry,” Silver said.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
I read the bill and New Yawkers get to say bye bye to their M1 Garands and the requisite en blanc "clips".
My husband and I bought a fixer upper in beautiful red Lee County in Florida. Hoping to be out of the hell hole of the northeast by summer. I’ve had just about enough.
It always helps to have made a good argument. When you do so, you weaken the resolve of your opponent, even if you lose the overall debate.
If they ever do ban and then attempt to confiscate, God forbid, I assume there will be resistance. At that point, it is crucial that those who resist have logically, calmly and coolly made the case already.
Absolutely a great idea. A large yellow Jewish Star with the words Gun Owner in the middle of it.
Great idea! We had been thinking along the same lines.
It’s time to Rope-a-Dope the GOPe.
If the people of NY allow this to transpire, then they no longer deserve to be free.
New York has been the cesspool of freedom over the past 100 years.
Obama is using the same tactics as Hitler. He goes after one group, then another, then another... until no one is left, but disarmed dispirited citizens
I hear you. I hope everyone here will be supportive of those who resist this destruction of our freedoms. Those who fight this head on will have way more courage than any keyboard warriors. Will we wish them God speed, or call them terrorists?
These are crazy times indeed. Maybe it’s time to remember the “Sons of Liberty.” (google it)
We have more than enough New Yorkers in Georgia already - please consider alternative states.
You can say the same thing about letting Obama have four more years. If the people of the United States allow Obama to win our presidency, then they no longer deserve to be free.
New York is part of this Republic. We all need to join in this fight. This is a fight for all the citizens. Our Constitution is being attacked.
“Thanks for the link. Some here are dismissing New York as deserving this,”
Those of us who live upstate can only do so much when there is a huge cancerous mass of Obama parasites and gun haters in NYC. That is who controls the legislature. And in NY all we have are RINO Repubs anyway.
The one thing I didnt see in this bill is a 7 round magazine restriction which was widely reported in the local media.
Divide and conquer. This is not meant to be a New York bashing thread, but a thread for ideas and to spread the word.
If anyone knows TeaParties in New York that will help get the word out, please post the information. How about the gun organizations? What are they going to do?
What is the best way to get this in the courts?
We need 2nd-amendment attorneys to help us?
We need the populace to wake up.
It is happening. Our rights are being stolen from us.
“We have more than enough New Yorkers in Georgia already - please consider alternative states.”
You apparently think everyone in NY is in lockstep with the lefties. You have no clue. there are vast areas of this state that are more “redneck” than “y’all”.
If I thought for a minute that everyone in Georgia is as ignorant and stupid as you I wouldn’t live there on a bet.
You are absolutely right. A lead pipe is an assault weapon so I guess we should ban all plumbing supplies. While we're at it, screwdrivers, hammers, nail guns, stapplers and letter openers should also be banned. Hey I got it, let's all move back into caves and start all freekin over! When is the nightmare going to end?
Doesn’t this violate McCulloch v. Maryland? Not that anyone in the FedGov would care when it comes to the 2A, but still...
Can you explain this ruling for us? Thanks.
We need to find out what groups will fight this and help them.
My memory is a little hazy on it, but I thought it was the Supreme Court case that established the Constitution as the supreme law of the land and that states couldn't usurp it with their own internal laws.
According to Wikipedia, I was almost right: "state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government." Of course, this decision seems to skirt the 10th Amendment, so...
Maybe I'm thinking of another SCOTUS case?
It’s time for Remington to take move their manufacturing plant and 1100 jobs out of New York to a state that actually respects the 2nd Amendment. The hypocrites in Albany don’t mind making and exporting guns to other states, while denying their own citizens the same right.
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