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Ammo checks moving target
Ammo checks moving target - A New York state web page outlining Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NY SAFE Act says that a background check requirement for people buying ammunition will begin on Jan. 15. But that's turning out to be a moving target as the state doesn't expect...
SAFE Act provision on background checks for bullet buyers to be delayed
SAFE Act provision on background checks for bullet buyers to be delayed - Checking the backgrounds and recording detailed information about anyone buying ammunition, a key component of New York’s gun-control law, will not begin as expected Jan. 15, State Police...
Sportsmen Make Donation in Effort to Repeal NY Safe Act
Sportsmen Make Donation in Effort to Repeal NY Safe Act - The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association got a big donation Monday night, and it comes right from second amendment advocates in Chemung County. The Chemung County Federation of Sportsmen raised nearly...
Top NY court lifts handgun permit residency limit
Top NY court lifts handgun permit residency limit - People who live only part time in New York can get handgun licenses here, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday. The Court of Appeals concluded that New York pistol permits, which are issued by cities or...
Top NY court lifts pistol permit residency limit
Top NY court lifts pistol permit residency limit - New York's highest court says people who live only part-time in the state can get handgun licenses here. The Court of Appeals says New York pistol permits, which are issued by cities or counties, are not limited...
The SAFE Act has divided a state
The SAFE Act has divided a state - A panel, convened to explain the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act gun control measure, drew a large audience at the Langford-New Oregon Fire Hall on Sept. 28. The dais was comprised of elected officials,...
Pistol permit wait could be shortened with Onondaga County Clerk’s help
Pistol permit wait could be shortened with Onondaga County Clerk's help - The 14-month wait in Onondaga County to apply for a pistol permit could slashed to two months or less under a new plan that will shift some of the work to the county clerk. The Onondaga...
Anti-gun control signs cover the countryside
Anti-gun control signs cover the countryside - If you have driven, jogged, walked, run or just looked out a window in the north country over the past few months, chances are you have seen a white sign emblazoned with a red circle over the bold words NY SAFE ACT. ...
Judicial Watch Sues Michael Bloomberg for Gun Records
Judicial Watch Sues Michael Bloomberg for Gun Records - The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit last week against New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office seeking communications between the office and Bloomberg’s gun control group, Mayors...
Bikers ride on Albany
Bikers ride on Albany - It may not have been the largest crowd to protest the NY SAFE Act, but it certainly was the loudest. So much so, you could here the roar of the engines clear across the Hudson River into Troy as more than 300 motorcycles of all shapes and...