{"id":23184,"date":"2021-01-11T12:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T17:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=23184"},"modified":"2021-01-11T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:19:31","slug":"gun-control-in-the-21-state-of-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=23184","title":{"rendered":"Gun control in the ’21 State of the State"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… “Under the leadership of Governor Cuomo<\/a>, New York has long led the nation’s fight against domestic violence and with the tragic increase in this heinous acts spurred on by the pandemic, we are doubling-down on those efforts,” said Melissa DeRosa<\/a>, Secretary to the Governor and Chair of the New York State Council on Women and Girls<\/a>. “This disgusting behavior must end and to do that, we are fighting to ensure abusers can no longer exploit loopholes to obtain guns<\/strong> and are the ones forced pay for the results of their devastation … Currently, in order to disqualify individuals found guilty of serious misdemeanors from obtaining a New York gun license, they must be found to have committed the crime against someone with whom they were in a domestic relationship after a separate hearing. Many disqualifying domestic violence misdemeanors are not “labeled” as such because the process to label state-disqualifying DV misdemeanors is cumbersome. While New York took a step towards closing this loophole in 2020 by ensuring that court clerks report these disqualifying convictions in a timely manner, some convicted of serious misdemeanors may still be able to purchase a gun if this multi-step process is not followed. As a result, some convicted of serious misdemeanors have still been allowed to purchase a gun. Governor Cuomo proposes the creation of a domestic violence misdemeanor label to close the domestic violence gun-purchasing loophole.<\/strong> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I expect a bill to be introduced on that soon.<\/p>\n

As I predicted, the new Westchester D.A.<\/a> is going to be pointman on gun control:<\/p>\n

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A convicted abuser should not be allowed to purchase a gun. This loophole must be closed this year. Thank you to @NYGovCumo @NYSOPDV<\/a> & NYS Council on Women & Girls for making this part of the #SOT2021<\/a> & taking a holistic, survivor-centered approach to gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

— DA Mimi Rocah (@WestchesterDA) January 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n