At 2:00pm Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will host a press conference to announce new federal legislation to combat the rise of “ghost guns,” Detectives’ Endowment Association,26 Thomas St., Manhattan.
Gun groups need to stop writing off urban areas like Boston, NYC, Trenton, etc where this crap originates from and get involved with local politics there.
Seneca County S.C.O.P.E. meeting with guest John Nabinger, candidate for Seneca County District Attorney, July 19 @ 7:00pm at the North Seneca Sportsmen's Club, 334 Rte. 318 in Phelps. Meeting is open to the public.
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander will speak at Mastercard's annual shareholders' meeting today @ 8:30am, discussing a merchant category code for gun and ammunition dealers.
New bill introduced to the Health Committee by Councilman Shaun Abreu, INT 1098-2023, Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop materials on the dangers of keeping a gun in the home.
From the bill text:
At 11:15am today Gov. Kathy Hochul will deliver remarks at a meeting of the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns, New York State Police Academy, 1220 Washington Ave., Building Number 24, Albany.
The state legislature is in recess. The Assembly may come back for a special session in a few weeks, but no gun-related items are on the talked about agenda as of now.
Here is the list of relevant gun control bills which passed this session:
A-2209/S-816, Makes clarifying changes to the...
A-5092, Provides that the legislative body of the county of Westchester shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees, has been Reported. Companion S-4879 passed the Senate.
With the last scheduled session day tomorrow, a bunch of garbage bills have advanced in one chamber or the other. Only one I think could still go the distance, S-6649, Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers, advanced today to 3rd Reading. It’s companion A-2882 has...
S-1892, Relates to adding ammunition to the list of prohibited items to purchase or dispose of after certain convictions, advanced to 3rd Reading. Companion A-659.
S-2102, Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence, advanced to...
S-2284, Relates to manufacturers' reporting the sale or distribution of firearms to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, passed the Senate. No companion.
At 10:00am today Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman will hold a press conference and introduce "gun violence awareness resolutions" in the legislature, Million Dollar Staircase, third floor, state Capitol, Albany.
At 2:00pm today NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will host 'Grief and Guns: Understanding Gun Violence & Mental Health' panel discussion ahead of Gun Violence Awareness Month, 310 E. 42nd St., Manhattan.
When the supposedly pro-gun groups stop treating gun rights as a partisan Republican issue, get involved in Democrat party politics, and hold the electeds accountable at election time. Is any of this this going on? No. Therefore there will be more gun control.