Gun Politics New York

New York has replaced with the Sullivan Law with an even worse Hochul’s Law.

Governor Hochul admitted she has no data to back this new law up and even more bizarrely said gun owners support her:

I can see legal challenges being fast tracked through the courts. The legislature did exactly what I said they’d do and threw everything up against the wall to see what sticks.

It blatantly ignores SCOTUS’s ruling, most obviously in that you still have to prove to the government you’re a good person. They removed the old “when proper cause exists” and replaced it with a bunch of requirements which effectively duplicate that without saying it. They also pretty much declared everywhere except your home, car and public roads to be sensitive places. The bill says there shall be an ammo database as if that declaration alone will create one out of thin air. There’s a reason nobody has been able to create one since the SAFE Act called for one ten years ago. Possible the most ridiculous is that the training requirement is even firearms training. It’s touchy-feely stuff about conflict management & suicide prevention.

Bill number is A-41001/S-51001.