Legislative update:
S-35, Clarifies the definition of imitation weapon, passed Senate. Companion is A-7355.
A-8078C, Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges, substituting for S-6401B, passed Senate...
As expected Senate Codes Committee moved to advance antigun bills S-7762 and S-7763 to Rules.
For S-7762 the only discussion was both Senators Anna Kaplan and Brian Kavanagh thanking people for supporting the bill. Senator Zellnor Myrie declared he would support the bill, but asked one question...
Now that the Republican’s phony display of support for 2A is over, it is gun control advocates turn. On Monday the Senate Codes Committee will take up and advance the following bills:
S-7762, Enacts the “Scott J. Beigel Unfinished Receiver Act.”
S-7763, Enacts the “Jose Webster Untraceable...
The Assembly Codes Committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9:00am.
In an annual event several of the (useless) Republicans have asked their pro-gun bills be on the agenda for discussion: A-1755, A-2487, A-4428, A-4496, A-5376 and A-5440. They’re not the least bit serious about any of them. This...
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will stand alongside gun control advocates at a vigil honoring recent victims of shootings in New York City today at 1:00pm on Brooklyn Borough Hall Steps at Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn.
Gun control advocates have long had a relationship with urban police chiefs and organizations. They were useful in pushing the antigun narrative. Now that gun control organizations are openly calling police racists and murders hopefully this will change.
These are the bills Everytown lobbyists...
The New York Post has an article on the NYC Council continuing to hand out pork to their cronies despite the current fiscal crisis.
What they don’t mention is this pork includes $55,000 to New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, same as FY2020.
It’s all about priorities.
NRA v. Oliver North - ALBANY, N.Y. — The NRA brought a complaint against Oliver North in Albany County Supreme Court, demanding that he resign from its board of directors or from the NRA’s former advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen.
The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County will film a candidate forum with State Senate District 49 Democratic primary candidates Thearse McCalmon and Donovan McRae. LWVSC is requesting questions in advance from the community. Please send questions to vslwvsc@gmail.com with Senate 49 primary...
A companion to S-7929, Relates to notifying certain individuals of their ability to seek an extreme risk protection order, has been introduced to the Assembly Judiciary Committee, A-10487.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our Launch Event is this Friday! We’ll be joined by guest speaker <a href="ChaRon Sattler-Leblanc for NYS Assembly (@ChaChaRon) | Twitter">@ChaChaRon</a>, gun violence survivor + former <a href="Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) |...
FYI, LCA reporter Joe Mahoney is looking to speak with gun shop owners regarding their reopening plan.
He can be reached at Jmahoney@cnhi.com, 518-221-6769.