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Obama fires back as GOP threatens to derail gun control
Obama fires back as GOP threatens to derail gun control - The Obama administration is ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive gun control legislation as cracks in a bipartisan deal begin to emerge. The administration’s hard line is an attempt to...
Michael Bloomberg group’s gun-control scorecard will give lawmakers letter grades
Michael Bloomberg group’s gun-control scorecard will give lawmakers letter grades - New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the nation’s most committed and deep-pocketed gun-control proponents, is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers by launching a new system to...
Galway junior rifle team prepares to compete nationally
Galway junior rifle team prepares to compete nationally - "It takes an incredible amount of self discipline and concentration to really get good at it," said Coach Chuck Boykin. The teens on the junior rifle team range in age from 12 to 18. "Shooting is a...
Guns, ammo going quick: Local stores struggle to keep shelves stocked with ammunition as consumers stock up
Guns, ammo going quick: Local stores struggle to keep shelves stocked with ammunition as consumers stock up - Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for...
NY attorney general to tour upstate gun show, review new rules for ensuring background checks
NY attorney general to tour upstate gun show, review new rules for ensuring background checks - New York's attorney general is set to get a firsthand look at how gun shows are adopting new rules meant to make sure that weapons there aren't sold to prohibited buyers....
Cairo, Durham oppose SAFE Act
Cairo, Durham oppose SAFE Act - The towns of Cairo and Durham have joined New Baltimore and Greene County in passing a resolution stating their opposition to New York’s controversial gun control law known as the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act....
Putnam mom petitions county on SAFE Act opposition
Putnam mom petitions county on SAFE Act opposition - The dialogue about gun reform that a Philipstown mother-of-two and 500 others wanted to have with their representatives in Putnam County government following the shooting deaths of 26 first-graders and teachers at a...
Assemblyman Nojay’s remarks on SAFE during budget debate
Gun-rights expert call local challenge to SAFE Act ‘significant’
Gun-rights expert call local challenge to SAFE Act ‘significant’ - In the marble-columned courthouse where five Supreme Court justices ruled that American citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, the gun-control law that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo calls the SAFE Act...
The Courage to Stand (Almost) Alone
The Courage to Stand (Almost) Alone - The Rockland County Times has learned that freshman Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Stony Point, Orange County) was one of only a handful of Assembly Democrats to vote against Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE gun control act. Skoufis...
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