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State Assemblyman Says Tipline Reward Is Retaliation
State Assemblyman Says Tipline Reward Is Retaliation - New York State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell is accusing the Cuomo Administration of expanding a whistle blower program as a form of punishment to 51 Upstate counties that have passed legislation opposing New York’s...
Owens: Federal assault rifle ban will fail in Congress
Owens: Federal assault rifle ban will fail in Congress - A federal ban on assault rifles will not pass Congress, said U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, on Tuesday. “Nothing else will come out of the Senate, and absent of the Senate, it won’t happen,” he said...
NY Gov. Cuomo forced to suspend unenforceable gun control measure
NY Gov. Cuomo forced to suspend unenforceable gun control measure - Congratulations go out to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for successfully finding a way to suspend his own gun control laws. The Democratic governor was forced to shelve a measure that enacted a...
Mayor Bloomberg’s $12 million ad blitz backing gun control causes headaches for Democrats in gun-friendly territory
Mayor Bloomberg's $12 million ad blitz backing gun control causes headaches for Democrats in gun-friendly territory - Mayor Bloomberg’s $12 million ad blitz to drum up Senate support for background checks on all gun purchases could backfire, Senate strategists said...
Nojay takes aim at firearms ‘tip line’
Nojay takes aim at firearms ‘tip line’ - Assemblyman Bill Nojay, R-Pittsford, is calling on the state to scrap a tip line to report illegal firearms. Nojay, in his first term in the state Legislature, recently reacted to a leaked memo sent by the New York State...
Americans ‘Begging’ For ‘Sensible’ Gun Control: Gov. Cuomo
Americans 'Begging' For 'Sensible' Gun Control: Gov. Cuomo - Gov. Cuomo this morning accused the NRA of engaging in a strategy of fear to counter the fact that people across the country "are begging their government" to "please give us some sensible gun...
Sullivan County Legislature unanimously passes resolution against NY SAFE Act
Sullivan County Legislature unanimously passes resolution against NY SAFE Act - Following a protest in front of the Sullivan County Government Center in Monticello and public comment all opposed to the state’s new gun law, the county legislature voted unanimously to...
Cuomo Might Relax Part of New Gun Law
Cuomo Might Relax Part of New Gun Law - When Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff huddled with lawmakers earlier this year to craft the toughest gun control law in the country, he wanted to limit the capacity of magazines from 10 bullets down to five. But State...
Sullivan County Legislature passes resolution to repeal New York’s gun law
Sullivan County Legislature passes resolution to repeal New York's gun law - The Sullivan County Legislature approved a resolution calling for a repeal of New York’s SAFE Act gun-control measure on a day when more than 200 gun-rights supporters swarmed Government...
Lawsuit filed against state’s gun control law
Lawsuit filed against state’s gun control law - In a case backers vow to take all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a major gun rights group today filed suit in federal court in Buffalo seeking to toss out the state’s new gun control law on a host of constitutional...