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Senator Greg Ball session comments – 1/14/13
Senator Ball on Cuomo’s gun grab
Senator Ball on Cuomo's gun grab - “We needed solid provisions to keep the violently, mentally ill from harming our communities, our kids and our families. That didn’t happen tonight. While much in this bill, as far as stiffer penalties for real criminals and help on...
SAFE gun bill React-O-Mat™
SAFE gun bill React-O-Mat™ - We’ll be posting reactions from elected officials and advocates to the passage of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in the Senate on Monday night and (quite likely) the Assembly on Tuesday; newest on top: From Gov....
Journal News gun permit map used by burglars to target White Plains home?
Journal News gun permit map used by burglars to target White Plains home? - A White Plains residence pinpointed on a controversial handgun permit database was burglarized Saturday, and the burglars' target was the homeowner's gun safe. At least two burglars broke into...
Augusto “Goose” Perez determined to do his best at IPC Adaptive Biathlon and Nordic World Cup
Augusto "Goose" Perez determined to do his best at IPC Adaptive Biathlon and Nordic World Cup - Quitting just doesn’t seem to be in Augusto “Goose” Perez’s vocabulary. The 40-year-old East Syracuse resident has battled cancer four times, recovering from yet another...
Mid-Hudson police officials say more restrictive gun, ammo laws won’t solve problem
Mid-Hudson police officials say more restrictive gun, ammo laws won't solve problem - The current debate about gun control is emotional, both locally and nationwide, but some area law-enforcement personnel say laws already in place are adequate. They argue that...
McCarthy introduces federal magazine cap
McCarthy introduces federal magazine cap - Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) has introduced federal legislation to ban the sale of high capacity magazines that allow for extended firing of a semiautomatic weapon before having to reload, part of the long-time gun...
Andrew Cuomo flips out for gun control
Andrew Cuomo flips out for gun control - The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, delivered a State of the State address on Wednesday that ran for over an hour, and ended with a hysterical, podium-pounding rant about gun control. At one point he promised he wasn’t...
New York: Contact Your State Legislators TODAY — Anti-Gun Governor Andrew Cuomo Puts New York Gun Owners on Notice and Announces His Gun Ban Agenda
New York: Contact Your State Legislators TODAY -- Anti-Gun Governor Andrew Cuomo Puts New York Gun Owners on Notice and Announces His Gun Ban Agenda - America’s Most-Anti-Gun Governor hails from the same state as the nation’s Most-Anti-Gun Mayor, New York City Michael...
Cuomo Pushes Storm Measures and Gun Control in Annual Address
Cuomo Pushes Storm Measures and Gun Control in Annual Address - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, rewriting his agenda after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the trauma of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, proposed a number of measures on Wednesday intended to limit the...