Senate gun bill won't include assault weapons ban - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he hopes to have a bill to address gun violence on the Senate floor soon after the Easter break, but confirmed that measure will not include the assault weapons ban. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told reporters Tuesday she is disappointed that her assault weapons ban will not be part of a larger bill, but acknowledged it will likely make it easier to pass gun-related legislation through the Senate.

Opting in or out, Cayuga County officials say they're keeping gun info private - Cayuga County Clerk Sue Dwyer and Sheriff David Gould are encouraging every pistol permit holder in the county, all 10,000, to file a form to keep their information private.  And if they don’t, Dwyer said she’ll keep the information private anyway.

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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.  The overflow crowd spilled out of the gallery and up the aisles the County Legislature's chamber in the County Courthouse as Legislator Deborah Busch, a Berne Republican, circulated a proclamation condemning the NY SAFE Act and calling for its repeal.

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 the need for more stringent gun laws.  Kelly reportedly bought the AR-15 and a 1911-style semi-automatic pistol at a gun store in Tucson, Arizona.