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Young shooters target place in national competition
Young shooters target place in national competition - About 50 of the best young shooters the Northeast has to offer descended on the Breesport area this weekend. The occasion was the 2013 New York state qualifier for the National Rifle Association’s Youth...
Advocates make the case for rifles in Livingston County
Advocates make the case for rifles in Livingston County - Hunting incident investigator Michael L. Van Durme presented the case for allowing rifle hunting of bear and deer in Livingston County at a Monday evening meeting at Highway Department headquarters in Hampton...
100-day bus tour for Bloomberg gun group
100-day bus tour for Bloomberg gun group - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun violence group is launching a cross-country bus tour this month as the next step in its push for stricter gun control measures. Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ bus tour will...
Erie County Clerk Claims Website Violates SAFE Act
Erie County Clerk Claims Website Violates SAFE Act - Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs is threatening a lawsuit against Google if it doesn’t stop access to what he calls an “Illegal website.” Jacobs says the site reveals the identities and addresses of hundreds of...
Fight against gun law continues
Fight against gun law continues - Most sportsmen are not hearing many updates on the various efforts to challenge the NY SAFE Act in state and federal courts, but that does not mean the efforts to get this unconstitutional bill tossed out are going away. Just the...
Gun policy more of a “make or break” voting issue for gun rights defenders
Gun policy more of a “make or break” voting issue for gun rights defenders - A survey conducted in early May after the Senate rejected a measure to expand background checks on private gun sales found that gun rights advocates continue to show a higher level of...
NYS Rifle and Pistol Association Names McLaughlin and Marchione “Legislators of the Year”
NYS Rifle and Pistol Association Names McLaughlin and Marchione “Legislators of the Year” - Amid a push to repeal the SAFE Act, which passed in January, the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association recognized Steve McLaughlin and Kathy Marchione as their...
WNY Lawmakers Push SAFE Act Changes on Medical Records
WNY Lawmakers Push SAFE Act Changes on Medical Records - Two state lawmakers from Western New York have introduced a measure to specifically stop any release or access to medical records under the SAFE Act. This follows the case of an Amherst...
Legion calls for rewriting of NY’s SAFE Act
Legion calls for rewriting of NY’s SAFE Act - The following letter, which I have included here, was sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on April 28: “On April 18, 2013, the Allegany County commander, the post commanders and members of the American Legion, Department of New...
NY sheriffs fault new gun law, seek to join suit
NY sheriffs fault new gun law, seek to join suit - County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly. The New York State Sheriffs' Association...