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Gun Group’s Membership Has Spiked Since Passage of SAFE Act - Gun owners joined the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association in droves last year, making the group the largest state affiliate of the National Rifle Association, according to the state-based group....

As membership soars, Rifle & Pistol Association not planning SAFE Act rallies - The ranks of the state Rifle & Pistol Association nearly doubled over the past year amid outrage to New York’s gun-control law, but the group doesn’t plan to hold major protest...

Gun sales shoot up, according to groups - Gun sales and background requests for firearms have gone up in New York since the SAFE Act passed last year, a local gun dealer and gun groups report.

New York’s NRA membership nearly doubles in wake of SAFE Act - As gun rights and gun control groups continue to argue over the effects of the New York SAFE Act, one consequence is clear: membership in the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association has soared...

Upstate NY Counties Demand Their Seal Be Removed from SAFE Act Paperwork - Governor Andrew Cuomo’s SAFE Act continues to anger gun owners in the state of New York. The legislation , which banned the sale of AR-15 semiautomatic rifles, among other restrictions, has...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Joins Mayors Against Illegal Guns, National Bipartisan Coalition Of Mayors Committed To Reducing Gun Violence - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the national bipartisan coalition of mayors...

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...