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Background checks for ammo purchases bad news for St. Lawrence County gun shops - Local gun shop owners say new state-mandated ammunition background checks will hurt business, but just how much damage they will cause is hard to guess.  That’s because the state...

Tough NY law hurts, gun shop owner says - He's a small-business owner, just about the only one left in this tiny hamlet that time appears to have forgotten.  Unlike other such businesses, John Kielbasa doesn't blame big-box stores for his threatened demise. He...

Gun flight: Smith & Wesson, Ruger quit California over stamping requirement - A new gun law proponents say helps law enforcement has driven Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger out of California, and affirmed the suspicions of firearms rights advocates that the...

Hundreds rally in opposition of SAFE Act after one year in effect - A crowd of hundreds who gathered for a forum on New York’s SAFE Act on Saturday heard an encouraging update from the man leading the organization that’s challenging the constitutionality of the year...

Court deciding on reach of federal gun ban - The Supreme Court debated Wednesday how to apply a federal gun ban to those with misdemeanor domestic violence records, with justices trying to figure out a middle road between what one justice called two extreme...

Two state assemblymen representing St. Lawrence County pressing for repeal of year-old gun law - Two Assembly members who represent parts of St. Lawrence County continue to call for repeal of New York’s gun control law, The NY SAFE Act.  A recent court ruling...

Local sheriffs speak out about SAFE Act - The governor says the New York SAFE Act is all about safety, but not everybody agrees. Wednesday marks one year since Governor Cuomo signed the gun law. It also marks another milestone for provisions of that legislation. ...

Astorino Calls SAFE Act ‘A Disaster’ - Potential gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino knocked Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature gun control legislation, which was approved a year ago today.  In an interview with Time Warner Cable News, Astorino called the legislation...

Residents vocal on S.A.F.E. Act one year later - Whether it’s hundreds of protesters in Olean’s Lincoln Park, resolutions in government chambers in Little Valley or Belmont, or a bumper sticker with the letters F.U.A.C. — a derogatory remark aimed at Gov. Andrew Cuomo...