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Prelude to prohibition

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For decades, gun control advocates have tried a roundabout way of banning guns by going after lead ammunition.

This is their latest tactic:

“New York is offering hunters rebates of up to $60 for purchasing and using lead-free ammunition during the 2026-27 big game hunting season. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is offering the voluntary program in partnership with Conservation Science Global. It will be available to firearm deer hunters statewide. According to the DEC, lead ammunition can fragment after striking an animal, with fragments traveling as far as 18 inches from the point of impact. Those fragments can remain in portions of a harvested deer left in the field and potentially expose scavenging wildlife to lead …”

This is complete bullshit. There are old lead mines throughout the NYC watershed in Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan counties. You cannot contaminate an area with lead when lead exists there naturally and you can pick it up off the ground. The stupid Fudds at NYSCC will not call BS on this either.

New gun control bill incoming

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The ATF is proposal a new rule change allowing guns to be shipped directly to buyers:

“… Under current rules, people who buy guns online have to pick them up at physical stores and submit to in-person background checks if they don’t already have a permit. The new rule would allow licensed firearms dealers to ship guns directly to in-state residents after online identity verification and a background check. There would also be a seven-day waiting period and local law enforcement would have to be notified of the purchase …”

So basically just eliminating the final step of going back to the store to pick it up. They can just mail it to you.

We can’t have any of that going on it New York:

“… In response to the ATF’s plan, Hochul says she intends to introduce a law requiring the final sale to be done in person, continuing the process of buying a gun online, before picking it up from an FFL …”

Pre-filed bills for the 2027-28 session should start appearing around Thanksgiving.

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The Firing Pin v. James

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A coalition consisting of FPC, SAF, and the NRA have filed a lawsuit challenging the gun control provisions enacted in this year’s state budget bill A-10005C/S-9005C:

“… The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York challenging New York law that bars the sale and transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns. The updated law states that “…any dealer in firearms or gunsmith who…sells, transfers, disposes of, or transports or ships as merchandise a convertible pistol shall be guilty of a class D felony.” The law further states that the Superintendent of the New York State Police is required to produce an annual list of machinegun convertible pistols. Anyone found in violation of the law on or after May 31, 2027, is subject to punishment of up to seven years in prison and a fine of $5,000 or more …”

The case is The Firing Pin v. James.

It will takes years to work it’s way through the courts. I suspect SCOTUS will rule in our favor in next term’s AWB case and that decision will ultimately be helpful with this suit.

Homeowner holds burglary suspects at gunpoint

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Another Armed Citizen in Rochester:

“A homeowner shot out the tires of a suspect vehicle during a burglary and held the suspects at gunpoint until deputies arrived, according the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were responding to a home on Oneill Road in Richmond for a report of an active burglary Sunday night when they learned the homeowner was holding the suspects at gunpoint, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies took Alexandria Mosher, 19, and Dominick Wood, 22, both of Lima, into custody. The sheriff’s office said the homeowner had shot out the tires of the suspect vehicle in the driveway while it was unoccupied, prompting Mosher and Wood to leave the home with their arms up and surrender to the homeowner, who held them until deputies arrived. Deputies found Mosher and Wood in possession of items from inside the home, according to the sheriff’s office. They were arrested and taken to the Ontario County Jail, charged with second-degree burglary, and released after arraignment.”

I’m curious. What do these two morons look like?

I figured as much.

Buy guns and ammo.

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School blames student’s suicide on guns

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An interesting lawsuit was pointed out to me.

The Times Union reports:

“Officials in a tiny North Country school district are seeking to file a claim against the parents of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself in October 2023 after being accused of sexual misconduct and suspended. The boy’s father, Chad Poirier, filed a federal lawsuit last year against the Chazy Central Rural School District as well as current and former officials … The teen, Owen Poirier, became so distraught he fatally shot himself hours after being made aware of — and denying — the allegation against him, the lawsuit states. The school district has denied the lawsuit’s allegations. Its proposed third-party claim, filed against Chad and Tammy Poirier and their businesses in U.S. District Court in Albany, argues that the parents were negligent in failing to prevent the teen from obtaining the firearm and ammunition he used to take his own life — a weapon the district’s claim says was stored in a safe at the parents’ complex of businesses in Plattsburgh. The claim argues that, if the district’s defendants are found liable in the teen’s death, the parents should be held responsible for a proportionate role in their son’s suicide. A federal magistrate judge gave the district permission to seek to file the proposed claim, though he has not yet decided whether the claim itself can proceed …”

That’s outrageous. The judge should throw that garbage out.

Homeowner shoots and kills burglar

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The Armed Citizen in Rochester:

“A homeowner shot and killed an burglar early Monday on the city’s west side, according to the Rochester Police Department. Officers responded to Avery Street around 4:30 a.m. after a 911 caller reported gunshots coming from a nearby home. Police said a second call then came in from a homeowner who said he shot someone who broke into his home. Officers found the burglar in the kitchen. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the homeowner, who has a valid New York state pistol permit, and used a legally owned and registered handgun in the incident, is cooperating with the investigation. The homeowner did not know the burglar, who was on parole for a previous burglary conviction, according to police. His identity has not been released. Police said the home had been burglarized at least twice since June. Monday’s incident remains under investigation.”