New York City bill RES 1642-2021, Resolution calling upon the New York State Assembly to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.14/A.613, the Jose Webster Untraceable Firearms Act, has been introduced to the Public Safety Committee.
Category: New York City Legislation
Biden’s “ghost guns” proposal
Stephen Gutowski has some details on reported plans by ATF to implement Joe Biden’s declaration to ban “ghost guns.”
They bare some resemblance to what Everytown has floated in NYC and Albany with respect to basically trying to define a receiver as anything that could be made into a receiver as per A-2666/S-13.
There would have to be public comment on any rule change so it is not a done deal. We can still kill it.
INT 2038-2020
INT 2038-2020 was introduced by Councilman Daniel Dromm to the Criminal Justice Committee.
According to the bill:
“… The council finds that it should be the policy of this city to promote the dignified and fair treatment of persons in the criminal justice system and in other institutions of confinement. The council declares that the use of outmoded terms, including “inmate” and “prisoner,” to refer to persons in custody in the criminal justice system and other institutions, is dehumanizing and demeaning to such persons, and that such terms should be eliminated from use in local law and replaced with terms that emphasize persons first, and not their circumstances …”
Idiocy like this is why people are leaving the City en masse.
Clown Council keeps handing out pork
The New York Post has an article on the NYC Council continuing to hand out pork to their cronies despite the current fiscal crisis.
What they don’t mention is this pork includes $55,000 to New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, same as FY2020.
It’s all about priorities.
RES 1334-2020 introduced
RES 1334-2020 was introduced to City Council.
It calls for Congress to fund the Cure Violence program, makes references to Gov. Cuomo’s “States for Gun Safety” coalition, and includes payoffs to so-called “violence interrupters.”
Gun design could derail charges
There is an interesting article in the Times, “Design of AR-15 Could Derail Charges Tied to Popular Rifle“, which could impact Gov. Cuomo’s “ghost guns” crap:
“A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with illegally buying and selling the gun’s parts or building the weapon. At issue is whether a key piece of one of America’s most popular firearms meets the definition of a gun that prosecutors have long relied on. For decades, the federal government has treated a mechanism called the lower receiver as the essential piece of the semiautomatic rifle … But some defense attorneys have recently argued that the part alone does not meet the definition in the law. Federal law enforcement officials … are increasingly worried that it could hinder some criminal prosecutions and undermine firearms regulations nationwide … Cases involving lower receivers represent a small fraction of the thousands of federal gun charges filed each year. But the loophole has allowed some people accused of illegally selling or possessing the parts, including convicted felons, to escape prosecution. The issue also complicates efforts to address so-called ghost guns, which are largely untraceable because they are assembled from parts …”
I can see how the NYC prohibition law passed last fall could be subject to legal challenge based upon this article. Not just black rifles, but Glock clones as well.
Nevertheless I’m not so naive as to think the Governor really cares about things like this. He just wants to get his name and face before the camera signing some more gun control legislation. If it gets knocked out by the courts sometime down the road, so what?
Gun bills enacted without de Blasio’s signature
INT 1548-2019, Amends the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to reporting on the seizure of three-dimensional printed guns and ghost guns, or any piece or part thereof, and INT 1553-2019, Amends the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers, became law last week by default when Mayor de Blasio neither signed nor vetoed them.
I doubt he really cares much about gun control or any other issue he cannot exploit for personal political gain.
Walter advocates gun control for Westchester
“Ruth Walter, the Democrat running for Westchester County Legislature in the 15th District, has unveiled her plan to address gun violence in Westchester … Walter has proposed two specific plans to help keep Westchester residents safe from the threat of gun violence. Similar to laws adopted in New York City and Suffolk County, Walter said that, as a county legislator, she will advocate for the creation of a gun offender registry in Westchester County … Walter said she also supports New York State’s Red Flag Law, which provides a critical resource to remove guns from people who are a threat to themselves and others. As a legislator, Walter said she will work to implement a “Red Flag mandatory notification” policy so that anyone who is a victim of domestic violence or reports domestic violence is given information about the law and how to petition the courts to remove guns …”
Walter is a zealot. This is why local elections are important.
“… Usually, the issue of gun safety and violence does not come up in county legislative races. However, in this race, Walter has been able to contrast her views with that of her opponent, Republican County Legislator Gordon Burrows. Burrows accepted the endorsement of the Westchester County Firearms Owners Association in his elections in 2013 and 2015. According to Walter, the WCFOA is a local, NRA-like pro-gun organization that opposes common-sense gun laws, including opposing banning gun shows at the county-owned Convention Center even though such shows included neo-Nazi and confederate paraphernalia. Burrows voted against banning gun shows at the Westchester County Center in 2017 and 2018 …”
Scott, Mario and the guys at WCFOA do a great job with limited resources.
“… The race between Walter and Burrows is a rematch of their 2017 contest, in which Burrows won, becoming one of the few republicans to win in Westchester during a “blue wave” of democratic progressive turnout. The question in this race, and in the several other notable county board races coming Nov. 5, is: Can Walter and democrats encourage and excite their majority base of county democrats to come out during an election year in which there is no race for county executive, governor or president …”
Antigunners have never been able to turn out a voting block around their issues and the most immediate and noticeable effect of this blue wave was tax increases. Hopefully this will help Burrows.
2A advocates in Yonkers and Bronxville should support Burrows for re-election.
S-6716 Assembly companion introduced
A companion to S-6716 has been introduced to Assembly Rules as A-8650.
The bill relates to possession of unfinished frames by persons other than a gunsmith. The meat of the bill is this:
“UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER” MEANS A FRAME OR RECEIVER OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WHOSE FIRE-CONTROL CAVITY IS COMPLETELY SOLID AND UN-MACHINED, AND WHICH MAY READILY BE MADE INTO A FUNCTIONAL FRAME OR RECEIVER THROUGH MILLING, DRILLING OR OTHER MEANS AND INCLUDES ANY OTHER OBJECT, PART OR COMBINATION OF PARTS WHICH IS NOT A FUNCTIONAL FRAME OR RECEIVER BUT IS DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND CAN BE READILY MADE INTO A FUNCTIONAL FRAME OR RECEIVER.
The language is similar to INT 1553-2019 which the Clown Council passed a couple weeks back.
Newsbits
Friday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
- Chairman Nadler Statement for the Hearing on “Protecting America from Assault Weapons”
- Jacobs blasts bill banning gun raffles in New York State
- Council votes to bust ‘ghost guns’ — pass bill to outlaw frames, receivers needed to create homemade pistols
Politics: