Rob Astorino will be at Virtual Precision Firearms Training on Wednesday 4/20 from 1:00pm to 1:30pm, 90 Main Street in Massena.
Westchester license fee update
I have been told that the “home rule” bill allowing Westchester to set their own firearms license fees, A-7939/S-6659, will come to the floor for a vote and will pass, but both Tom Abinanti and Amy Paulin will vote against it.
Normally if a “home rule” bill doesn’t have the support of electeds from the county it won’t come up, but this is what I have been told is the deal right now.
Newsbits
Monday Newsbits:
Elections:
Jurisprudence:
- Abortion and guns cases dominate Breyer’s final months as Supreme Court justice
- Brooklyn Subway Shooting Could Show Up In SCOTUS Second Amendment Ruling
- Sullivan’s Follies, I: The Iron Pipeline Begins
- Sullivan’s Follies, II: Can New York Require ‘Proper Cause’ To Exercise a Constitutional Right?
- Sullivan’s Follies, III: What ‘Shall Issue’ Could Look Like in New York
- Supreme danger: Guns, the high court and New York City
- Suffolk ‘failed to comply’ with law on sportsmen’s club lease, analysis finds
Legislation:
- Rep. Torres To Introduce New Federal Legislation To Combat Distribution Of Ghost Guns
- Ammunition should not be taxed to fund gun violence research, legislators say
Politics:
S-8780, restrictive commercial practices introduced in Senate
S-8780, Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun and ammunition sales to individuals with a criminal record, has been introduced to Codes. Companion to A-837B.
Newsbits
Thursday’s Newsbits:
Legislation:
Politics:
- Biden Demands Stricter Gun Laws after Mass Shooting in Downtown Sacramento
- President Biden aims at ‘ghost gun’ violence with new federal rule
- Morelle, Singletary speak on historic levels of violence in Rochester
- New York Democrats cheer Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ rule
- Rep. Jamaal Bowman Joins President Biden at the White House in Support of Gun Control
- Biden’s efforts to restrict ‘ghost guns’ face legal challenges
- Brooklyn Subway Shooting Highlights Dangers of Adverse Ruling in Supreme Court Case
- Statement from Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon on the Mass Subway Shooting in Sunset Park
- ‘The View’ rails against the Second Amendment, blames it for gun violence: ‘That’s the problem’
Hayes Politicizes NYC Shooting, Frets SCOTUS Will Approve Concealed Carry
A-837B, restrictive commercial practices amended
A-837B, Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun and ammunition sales to individuals with a criminal record, has been amended and resubmitted to Economic Development.
NY lawmakers weigh in on federal ‘ghost gun’ ban
Ghost guns reaction
President Biden is going to attempt to redefine what a firearm is in an effort to crackdown on so-called ghost guns.
Some reactions from New York officials:
NYS was an outlier among states when we took aggressive action to crack down on ghost guns by passing my bill w/ @bradhoylman last year.
Today’s final rule ensures ppl in every state are protected against dangerous & untraceable ghost guns. @RocBrady @MomsDemand @Everytown https://t.co/6wSxRkoNSn
— Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” (@LindaBRosenthal) April 11, 2022
Updating the definition of firearms to include ghost guns is crucial to our continuing efforts to keep illegal guns out of our communities. https://t.co/uAp9fGfc8s
— DA Mimi Rocah (@WestchesterDA) April 11, 2022