U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- On Tuesday, May 18, the Senate Consumer Protection Committee will be meeting online at 10 a.m. and will discuss S.1048A by Sen. Zellnor Myrie. This ill-conceived legislation contends that illegal use of firearms is a public nuisance and attempts to hold manufacturers responsible. Rather than hold criminals accountable, anti-gun Democrat legislators are looking to scapegoat an entire industry and deflect from years of failed New York gun laws that they have authored. Now, they are doubling down on more of the same, and we have seen the tragic consequences of their “leadership” this year as violent crime has dramatically increased in New York. This legislation is nothing more than New York’s attempt to flout federal law and the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
On Wednesday, May 19 the Senate Codes Committee will meet online at 11:30 a.m. to consider an agenda that includes even more gun control. S.4116 by Sen. Brad Hoylman would require all new semi-automatic pistols to be equipped with microstamping technology. This essentially would ban the sale of traditional handguns. Microstamping is easily defeated with common household tools. Criminals are also able to foil microstamping by simply using revolvers, which do not eject casings or long guns. They could also pick up casings and even misdirect investigations by dropping other spent cartridges. Microstamping is a failed concept and not a single state in the country has successfully implemented it. This bill has floated around Albany for well over a decade and has gone nowhere for a good reason. It doesn’t work.
S.5026 by Sen. Pete Harckham mandates police seize firearms when responding to domestic disturbance calls. The ability to do this already exists, however, this legislation removes discretion by changing “may” to “shall” and arbitrarily extends the period for which police must hold seized guns. By removing discretion and mandating all firearms be seized, the bill could tragically disarm victims and completely obliterate their ability to protect themselves.
While the Capitol remains closed to the public, politicians continue to huddle behind their computer screens and attack your rights. It’s important that you make your voice heard today! Please contact your state Senator and respectfully ask that they oppose these bills.
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Ban this, ban that, zero tolerance, prohibit this, forbid that, disallowed now, outlawed just because I said so, and the list goes on and on.
Tyranny Under the Color of Law..
Prohibition was so successful ? how about the “drug war”? Legislating prohibition of many things doesn’t work if the public wants it. Absolutes generally fail, in that requiring or prohibiting something affects all,criminal as well as law abiding. Legislators are always calling for “common sense this or common sense that” but the actual proposals lack COMMON SENSE. “Wake up America”.
Why would any gun manufacturer stay in the state of New York with the hate of firearms that the state legislature has for their products and the high tax rate they impose on the citizens.
The state is their own worst enemy, but they just don’t realize it when they push for stupid overreaching laws hurting the tax base and the citizens.
I am afraid our country is going down the toilet really fast.
They are just like California!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cut off ALL firearms sales to ALL NY state, county, and municipal agencies. They should then learn how to use their 20 year old guns.
Treason is treason is treason.
Neutered Yellowbellies by the millions.
when i read the title i thought click bait. what more could they do to restrict law-abiding citizens in exercising their freedoms espoused in the Second Amendment? but as we see, they continue trying. the logic of s1048a highlights the mental deficiencies of democrat’s/leftists, it defies logic, much less common sense. it must be nice to live in their mental utopia and not have to deal with the reality of life as many of us do. each and every political offices should have term limits, no one should spend their lives working as a government agent. until we become as… Read more »
My sympathies to the great PEOPLE of NYC.