Legislative News
Urging the State Senate to Include Microstamping in Budget – On Valentine’s Day, family members who have lost loved ones to gun violence along with advocates and law enforcement officials joined senators and assemblymembers at the state capitol to urge the state...
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Echoing Bloomberg, Lancman Calls For Congressional Actions On Guns – In the wake of another police shooting last night, Assemblyman Rory Lancman called on Congress to pass the “Gabby Giffords Bill,” which would close gun loopholes and reform the nation’s firearm...
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Gounardes Pressures Golden on Microstamping – With the minority Senate Democrats renewing their push for gun microstamping legislation, Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Goundardes is out with a statement pressuring his opponent, Brooklyn Republican State Sen....
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State Legislators Against Illegal Guns Elects Co-Chairs – Today, the New York State Chapter of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns (SLAIG NY) held its first meeting of 2012 and announced the election of Senator Eric Adams, Assemblymember Michelle Schimel, and...
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Thoughts on Microstamping – I recently met with Jody Weis, Deputy Director of the Chicago Crime Commission. Our discussion centered on reducing illegal guns in their respective states of New York and Illinois. As the sponsor of a microstamping bill in the...
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LaPierre returning to Albany – National Rifle Association president and CEO Wayne LaPierre will return to Albany in March as the featured speaker at an annual rally of the state’s hunters, anglers and trappers. LaPierre will deliver the keynote address at...
