Newsbits
Tuesday’s Newsbits:
- New York Gun Laws Safe From Libertarian Lawsuit
- Warsaw Central School proposes trapshooting club for spring
Politics:
- OUR VIEW: Waiving of law is a job for lawmakers, not police
- Broome County officials urge extending pistol permit re-certification deadline
- Pistol permit deadline approaches, many ignore it
- Sheriff Whitney urges citizens to recertify pistol permits
- Only one-third of pistol permit holders have recertified in NY
- 5 years of SAFE Act and gun control still triggers heated debate
Legislation:
Elections:
Young isn’t fooling anyone
From the Salamanca Press, “Young: Work against SAFE Act continues 5 years later“:
“It’s been five years since sweeping gun law changes were approved, but local officials still hope that changes will come. The Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, enacted Jan. 15, 2013, was approved with support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly and Senate Democrats and 11 of 29 Republicans in the state Senate — the majority from downstate …”
Let’s be clear on this: “Upstate” Republicans are as much responsible for passage of SAFE as those from Long Island. Exactly two Republicans stood up on the floor to voice their opposition: Greg Ball and Kathy Marchione. The rest from “upstate” sat stone silent during the voting.
“… State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, was one of the Republicans to vote against the legislation, and said she would continue against it … “While, unfortunately, the Democrats in the New York State Assembly have prevented repeal legislation I sponsored that has passed the Senate, we have achieved an important victory in successfully blocking the implementation of the ammunition database,” Young said. “We’ve kept funds for the registry out of the state budget and will fight to do so again this year …”
Bullshit. The legislature cannot defund SAFE though the budget. We have been through this before (#1, #2). Senator Young is flat out lying.
“… “I am also helping to lead efforts to try to secure a delay in the pistol recertification process, co-sponsoring legislation that would change the deadline from Jan. 31 to March 31,” she added …”
Big. Fucking. Deal.
Young, along with the rest of the “upstate” Republican Senators own SAFE. They screwed over hundreds of thousands of their constituents because none of them had the stones to stand up for what is right and tell our megalomaniac Governor to go pound sand. That is coming back to haunt them.
Philipstown meeting on gun storage bill
This Wednesday the Philipstown Town Board are having a public meeting to decide which draft of the mandatory firearms storage bill to advance.
The meeting is set for 7:00pm at Town Hall. Gun owners are encouraged to attend.
Newsbits
Friday’s Newsbits:
Circus circus:
- Butler, Miller introduce bill to extend pistol recertification deadline
- Local Assemblymen call on Cuomo to extend pistol permit recertification deadline
- Local lawmakers seek delay of state pistol permit deadline
- Pistol permit deadline fast approaching for many New Yorkers
- Saratoga County Officials Take Stand Against New SAFE Act Provision
- Erie County Legislators Ask For Pistol Permit Recertification Extension
- Majority of Livingston County pistol permit holders completing recertification
In the courts:
- Federal judge dismisses challenge to New York state pistol permit
- Hunting group sues Smithtown over weapons restrictions law
- Hunters sue Smithtown over measure prohibiting guns within much of town
In the legislature:
Erie County resolution on recertification
Erie County Legislator Ed Rath plans on introducing a resolution calling for extending the deadline for pistol license recertification.
It does not specifically support any state legislation or say how long the deadline should be extended.
S-7343
S-7343 has been introduced to Senate Codes extending the pistol license recertification deadline through March.
There is no Assembly version. The Times Telegram says Assemblyman Marc Butler plans on introducing a bill, but it is unclear if it will be a companion or separate legislation.
Westchester priorities
The Westchester County Board of Legislators elected their new chairman:
“Ben Boykin of White Plains was elected chairman of the Westchester County legislature in a 13-3 vote Monday … The new chairman said his two-year term will be marked by a progressive legislative agenda … Priorities include a bill banning gun shows on county-owned properties, making a law out of an executive order Latimer signed in his second day in office …”
That will make it much harder to bring them back once George Latimer eventually leaves office. I’m sure there are private facilities that could host them, but the County Center was in a great location in White Plains with plenty of parking and close to Metro North.
Newsbits
Wednesday’s Newsbits:
- Officials call on state to extend pistol recertification deadline
- Nearly 30,000 Erie County gun owners haven’t completed pistol permit re-certification form
- Implementing New York’s SAFE Act
- WNY Assemblyman proposes delay for pistol permit recertification deadline
- Wappingers’ Rusnock leaves lasting legacy with NRA
Bump stock baloney
State of Politics reports that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie backs a ban on “bump stocks”:
“… Lax gun laws are the reason handguns, bump stocks and military-grade assault rifles are crossing state lines and finding their way into our communities. We must take action as a state to curb this deadly pipeline …”
This is a phony non-issue, but that won’t stop antis from pushing the issue.
Heastie co-sponsors A-8717 which currently sits in Codes. Senate companion is S-6918 which is somewhat unusual in that it has a Republican sponsor and Democrat co-sponsor. This is the one they’re likely to try and move. Alternate version is A-8913/S-6902.