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SAFE Act nuances alarm lawmakers
By Jason Jordan
Tuesday
Posted Jan 2, 2018 at 5:59 PM Updated Jan 2, 2018 at 5:59 PM
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ALBANY — Handguns and confusion are often a recipe for disaster, the same can be true of handgun public policy.
As Governor Andrew Cuomo sets forth the state’s priorities for 2018 when he delivers the annual State of the State Address on Wednesday, some legislators are sounding alarm bells about ongoing confusion surrounding a past signature priority of the chief executive.
In 2010, the NY Safe Act instituted several wide-ranging changes to existing gun laws, from an assault weapons registry, to denying new permits to the mentally ill, and controversially limiting the size of ammunition clips that can be sold and possessed in the state.
Additionally, all pistol permit holders have been required to rectify all permits issued prior to Jan. 15, 2013. The deadline to submit your recertification is Jan. 31, 2018. If your permit was issued on or after Jan. 15, 2013, the deadline to recertify is five years after the date the permit was issued.
The purpose of this recertification is to be sure that all permit holder information is up-to-date including name, address and the listing of weapons owned.
The recertification deadline has some lawmakers concerned for their constituents. First, the permit holder has the burden of awareness of the need to rectify.
“As a permit holder, it is your responsibility to recertify your permit whether you receive a notification letter or not,” said a statement on the state’s Safe Act website.
Secondly, a little known provision regarding confiscation of firearms has some ringing alarm bells in Albany as the date approaches. Those who fail to meet the deadline may have all of their firearms confiscated, not just the pistols governed by the recertification provision.
In the event of a suspension (like one caused by failure to recertify), “such person shall surrender such license to the appropriate licensing official and any and all firearms, rifles, or shotguns owned or possessed by such person shall be surrendered to an appropriate law enforcement agency ... In the event such license, firearm, shotgun, or rifle is not surrendered, such items shall be removed and declared a nuisance and any police officer or peace officer acting pursuant to his or her special duties is authorized to remove any and all such weapons,” the provision states in part.
Assemblyman Joe Errigo (R-Conesus), who represents the Hornell area, said, “I’m one of those people who didn’t know that until today.”
“Don’t neglect it because no one really knows what the ramifications will be. God forbid we have a situation where they actually do take the guns away,” he said.
Errigo said he would be on a public awareness campaign until the recertification date.
“Why take the chance that if you don’t do it your rifles and shotguns will be confiscated?” he asked.
Errigo said that he and his colleagues in the legislature may look into the issue when they reconvene for session this week.
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SAFE Act nuances alarm lawmakers
By Jason Jordan
Tuesday
Posted Jan 2, 2018 at 5:59 PM Updated Jan 2, 2018 at 5:59 PM
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ALBANY — Handguns and confusion are often a recipe for disaster, the same can be true of handgun public policy.
As Governor Andrew Cuomo sets forth the state’s priorities for 2018 when he delivers the annual State of the State Address on Wednesday, some legislators are sounding alarm bells about ongoing confusion surrounding a past signature priority of the chief executive.
In 2010, the NY Safe Act instituted several wide-ranging changes to existing gun laws, from an assault weapons registry, to denying new permits to the mentally ill, and controversially limiting the size of ammunition clips that can be sold and possessed in the state.
Additionally, all pistol permit holders have been required to rectify all permits issued prior to Jan. 15, 2013. The deadline to submit your recertification is Jan. 31, 2018. If your permit was issued on or after Jan. 15, 2013, the deadline to recertify is five years after the date the permit was issued.
The purpose of this recertification is to be sure that all permit holder information is up-to-date including name, address and the listing of weapons owned.
The recertification deadline has some lawmakers concerned for their constituents. First, the permit holder has the burden of awareness of the need to rectify.
“As a permit holder, it is your responsibility to recertify your permit whether you receive a notification letter or not,” said a statement on the state’s Safe Act website.
Secondly, a little known provision regarding confiscation of firearms has some ringing alarm bells in Albany as the date approaches. Those who fail to meet the deadline may have all of their firearms confiscated, not just the pistols governed by the recertification provision.
In the event of a suspension (like one caused by failure to recertify), “such person shall surrender such license to the appropriate licensing official and any and all firearms, rifles, or shotguns owned or possessed by such person shall be surrendered to an appropriate law enforcement agency ... In the event such license, firearm, shotgun, or rifle is not surrendered, such items shall be removed and declared a nuisance and any police officer or peace officer acting pursuant to his or her special duties is authorized to remove any and all such weapons,” the provision states in part.
Assemblyman Joe Errigo (R-Conesus), who represents the Hornell area, said, “I’m one of those people who didn’t know that until today.”
“Don’t neglect it because no one really knows what the ramifications will be. God forbid we have a situation where they actually do take the guns away,” he said.
Errigo said he would be on a public awareness campaign until the recertification date.
“Why take the chance that if you don’t do it your rifles and shotguns will be confiscated?” he asked.
Errigo said that he and his colleagues in the legislature may look into the issue when they reconvene for session this week.
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