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Dutchess legislators join call for repeal of NY SAFE
Dutchess legislators join call for repeal of NY SAFE - Most of the almost four-hour Dutchess County Legislature meeting Monday night was spent on a measure that carries no force of law, but is emotionally charged. It was the memorializing resolution asking the state...
Geddes to vote Tuesday on call to repeal NY SAFE Act
Geddes to vote Tuesday on call to repeal NY SAFE Act - Geddes Town Supervisor Manny Falcone Jr., who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, will ask the town board Tuesday to call for a repeal of the state's new tougher gun law and to support efforts to limit the...
Energized residents target gun control law
Energized residents target gun control law - Gun rights activists, hunters and others unleashed a fusillade of criticism Monday night for the state's sweeping new gun control law and rallied behind the call of one Hilltowns county lawmaker to repeal it. The overflow...
Schuyler calls on NY lawmakers to annul gun-control law
Schuyler calls on NY lawmakers to annul gun-control law - A standing-room-only audience Monday night watched the Schuyler County Legislature join county lawmakers across the state in opposing the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, the SAFE Act,...
Gabby Giffords’s Husband Buys AR-15
Gabby Giffords's Husband Buys AR-15 - Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an "assault weapon," he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more...
NRA News in Albany February 28, 2013
Jefferson County Residents Applaud Gun Law Opposition
Jefferson County Residents Applaud Gun Law Opposition - Jefferson County residents who oppose the New York SAFE Act got up one by one to speak at the county legislature meeting Tuesday night. The legislators voted unanimously to oppose the state law that puts...
Essex County grapples with new gun law
Essex County grapples with new gun law - The Essex County Board of Supervisors plans to take a stance on New York's new gun law, but not before lawmakers take the time to review it and draft a detailed response. Meanwhile, neighboring Franklin County legislators...
New gun control law leads to permits, paperwork pile-up
New gun control law leads to permits, paperwork pile-up - Broome County Sheriff David Harder says the Broome County Permit Office has been overloaded since the state passed the NY SAFE Act. "The SAFE gun act that came out, created quite a stir," Harder said....
Clay Town Board urges governor to suspend NY Safe Act
Clay Town Board urges governor to suspend NY Safe Act - The Clay Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to pass a resolution to oppose the NY Safe Act. The resolution urges Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Albany lawmakers to suspend the NY Safe Act, the gun control...