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350 Pack SAFE Act Forum
350 Pack SAFE Act Forum - Thursday night, at least 350 people packed an auditorium at Genesee Community College to vent their frustrations about the NY SAFE Act. The panel mostly agreed with what audience members had to say about the controversial law. ...
DiPietro starting effort to repeal new gun law
DiPietro starting effort to repeal new gun law - Assemblyman David DiPietro has started an effort to repeal the state’s controversial new firearms law. DiPietro, R-East Aurora, is sponsoring a bill which would repeal the NY SAFE Act, effective immediately. ...
Pistol license applications on the rise in Oneida County
Pistol license applications on the rise in Oneida County - Pistol license applications are the hottest ticket in Oneida County. The number of pistol licenses issued in the county has grown from 343 in 2011 to 541 in 2012. In 2011, 19% of the permits were issued...
Gun control critiqued at SUNY Orange forum
Gun control critiqued at SUNY Orange forum - A nine-member panel representing four levels of government swapped views on gun control, college tuition and other topics during a 90-minute political forum Thursday at the main SUNY Orange campus. Participating in...
3D-printed gun may be unveiled soon
3D-printed gun may be unveiled soon - A 3D-printed gun capable of firing multiple rounds may be unveiled soon. Cody Wilson, the 25-year-old founder and director of nonprofit organization Defense Distributed, recently told Mashable that the end product of Wiki...
Some gun dealers balking at transfers
Some gun dealers balking at transfers - At least two gun dealers in the Rochester area say they will not facilitate transfers of firearms between two private parties. A third plans to charge more than what the law allows. The New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms...
Support for N.Y. governor wanes after gun law
Support for N.Y. governor wanes after gun law - Support for the re-election of New York's governor has eroded in the past four months, a Siena College poll found. The poll released Monday found that 52% of voters outside the New York City metro area "prefer...
New York gun control: Hudson Valley cops balk at enforcement as laws take effect
New York gun control: Hudson Valley cops balk at enforcement as laws take effect - As the primary enforcers of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's sweeping gun control laws, state troopers hear directly from New York gun owners -- and so far, it's been an earful. So much so...
U.S. Senate praised for upholding Constitution
U.S. Senate praised for upholding Constitution - As the citizens of Boston begin to put some normalcy back in their lives, sympathetic folks around here also look forward to better days ahead — especially those who hunt and fish. Gunowners are no different....
Could Obama’s gun-control push cost Democrats the Senate?
Could Obama’s gun-control push cost Democrats the Senate? - So far, we’ve heard a lot of bluster coming from Barack Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill about how the voters will punish Republicans for opposing a series of gun-control measures that didn’t even keep...