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Energized residents target gun control law – Gun rights activists, hunters and others unleashed a fusillade of criticism Monday night for the state’s sweeping new gun control law and rallied behind the call of one Hilltowns county lawmaker to repeal it. ...
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Schuyler calls on NY lawmakers to annul gun-control law – A standing-room-only audience Monday night watched the Schuyler County Legislature join county lawmakers across the state in opposing the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, the SAFE...
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Gabby Giffords’s Husband Buys AR-15 – Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of...
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Jefferson County Residents Applaud Gun Law Opposition – Jefferson County residents who oppose the New York SAFE Act got up one by one to speak at the county legislature meeting Tuesday night. The legislators voted unanimously to oppose the state law that...
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Essex County grapples with new gun law – The Essex County Board of Supervisors plans to take a stance on New York’s new gun law, but not before lawmakers take the time to review it and draft a detailed response. Meanwhile, neighboring Franklin County...
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New gun control law leads to permits, paperwork pile-up – Broome County Sheriff David Harder says the Broome County Permit Office has been overloaded since the state passed the NY SAFE Act. “The SAFE gun act that came out, created quite a...
