{"id":9516,"date":"2013-12-31T10:28:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T15:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9516"},"modified":"2013-12-31T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T15:28:27","slug":"quoted-in-troy-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9516","title":{"rendered":"Quoted in Troy Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was interviewed by a\u00a0NYSNYS News<\/a> reporter yesterday and it made it into today’s Troy Record<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0 \u201cPeople know that registration leads to confiscation,\u201d Jacob Rieper, a spokesman for the NYS Rifle and Pistol Association<\/a>, referring to the portion of the law that requires anyone possessing a military style assault rifle on January 15 register it by April 15.\u00a0 Failure to do so is a misdemeanor.\u00a0 But Rieper and other gun-rights advocates predict that many owners will run the risk, which may not be much of a gamble if their belief holds true that local police, sheriffs and the State Police will not go out of their way to aggressively enforce the law … Gun rights advocates are in federal court in Buffalo to overturn the law.\u00a0 Rieper said that the judge has indicated he will rule based on court filings rather than oral arguments, and was cognizant of the looming registration deadline …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n