{"id":20154,"date":"2019-09-23T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20154"},"modified":"2019-09-23T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T22:01:48","slug":"gaughran-bill-s-6738-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20154","title":{"rendered":"Gaughran bill S-6738 introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senators\/james-gaughran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Jim Gaughran<\/a> has introduced his gun raffle ban bill as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2019\/S6738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S-6738<\/a><\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/committees\/rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill text is short and sweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;NO FIREARM, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 265.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, SHALL BE OFFERED OR GIVEN AS A PRIZE IN ANY GAME OF CHANCE UNLESS THE AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION IS A BONA FIDE ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR A POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The memorandum\/bill justification statement is missing, perhaps because Gaughran feels the stupidity of the legislation speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senators\/robert-g-ortt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Robert Ortt<\/a> held a press conference today at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonsportsclub.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tonawanda Sportsmen&#8217;s Club<\/a> to criticize the bill:<\/p>\n<p><center><div class='jwplayer' id='jwplayer-0'><\/div><script type='text\/javascript'>if(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};jwplayer('jwplayer-0').setup({\"aspectratio\":null,\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"primary\":\"html5\",\"image\":\"\/images\/blackbox.jpg\",\"file\":\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/video\/robertortt09242019.mp4\"});\n<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D20154&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20154\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20154\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20154\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jim Gaughran has introduced his gun raffle ban bill as S-6738 to Senate Rules. 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