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SAFE Act opponents spark Potsdam Village Board argument - The public comment period of Monday’s village board meeting became heated when Mayor Steven W. Yurgartis attempted to cut short comments opposing the state Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act. The...

Legislator: Joanie Mahoney rejects help for pistol permit office - Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has rejected a request to add a position to the sheriff's department's over-burdened pistol permit office, a county legislator said today.  Kevin...

Local Gunmaker Tries To Innovate To Stay In NY - "It's a small business here in Canandaigua," said Anthony Testa. "We produce a small-caliber pistol carbine."  Just Right Carbines opened four years ago.  "Things have worked out well so far," said Rich Cutri,...

Gun Law Creates Dilemma For Hunters - Leroy Peets has been hunting the Wanakena Ranger School forest land for years.  It's been a popular place for hunters for decades.  But that has now changed because of the state's stricter gun control law.  Peets...

Cayuga County SAFE Act opposition - It was a law meant to make New York safer. But many communities fear it is doing the opposite.  "This law and the FOIL part of it is putting people's lives at risk, the law abiding citizens," said Susan Dwyer, Cayuga County...

Sheriff in Finger Lakes critical of NY gun law - A sheriff in the Finger Lakes says he has no intention of releasing names and addresses of pistol permit holders as required under New York's new gun law.  Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould tells the Post-Standard...

Cayuga County sheriff defies NY Safe Act; will not release pistol permit holders' names - Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould said he has no intention of releasing names and addresses of pistol permit holders as required under the NY SAFE Act legislation.  The gun...

Bloomberg Eyes Five More Fronts In The Gun Control Battle - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group took a beating this week with the recalls of two state senators in Colorado, but officials with the group said Thursday they believe the battle...

Court of Appeals to consider Schoharie County pistol permit refusal - Attorneys representing both the government and a man whose application for a pistol permit was denied asked New York’s highest court Thursday to rule that state law does not prohibit issuing permits...