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Schumer, Bloomberg Call for Stricter Gun Control Penalties -- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed a plan to increase federal penalties on states that are not enforcing background checks for prospective gun buyers.

Calls for Yaphank trap and skeet range to close following weapons arrest -- Elected officials and community residents will be calling Monday for the closure of  the Suffolk County trap and skeet range in Yaphank after the operator of the range was charged with selling...

Some politicians just don’t get it - I don’t know how many times I’ve heard Sen. Chuck Schumer and other anti-gun politicians say that they’re not against hunters having guns. Nobody wants to take away guns from hunters, they say; and to make his point, in 2009...

Freeman: ‘I guess I’m the only conservative on the council’ -- Local gun rights supporters may have found an unlikely ally in Albany’s South End councilman. In Albany, where the city is run by an all-Democrat Common Council, certain things just seem automatic. So when...

Why 33 rounds makes sense in a defensive weapon - Those who would ban extended magazines, will say that although hundreds of thousands are in circulation and thousands more will surely be sold before a ban is enacted, it will be worth it if it saves just one life. But...

NRA shoots down idea of microstamping in NY -- Voices opposing gun control and defending Second Amendment rights echoed from inside The Well at the Legislative Office Building last week at the second annual Sportsmen and Outdoor Recreation Legislative Awareness Day.

Photos from Sportsmen and Outdoor Recreation Legislative Awareness Day -- The second annual Sportsmen and Outdoor Recreation Legislative Awareness Day was held Tuesday and according to those who were in attendance, it was a successful event.  Local representatives,...