WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate was unable to pass legislation that would require background checks for gun. Due to procedural steps agreed to by both sides, all the amendments considered Wednesday required 60 votes to pass. The final vote was 54 in … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature to Act on Gun Registration Motion Next Week
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be voting next week on a motion that would call on Albany to pass allow disallowing the public from knowing who has registered firearms in their communities. On Wednesday the county’s public safety … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Gun Owner Privacy and County Home to be Discussed today in Mayville
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will continue its committee meetings today with three committees meeting in Mayville. At 4 p.m. the public safety committee will meet and while it has a light agenda, there is one item on the table that … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Funding for Statewide Gun Database Included in 2012-13 Budget
ALBANY - New York state plans to spend nearly $28 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of the NY SAFE Act, the state's new gun control law. According to a report in Today’s Jamestown Post-Journal and a report … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: As Lawsuits Come Forward, Lawmakers Consider Ammending NY SAFE Act
ALBANY - As the lawsuits pile up against the recently signed NY SAFE Act, which further regulates and restricts various fire arms and related accessories, some state lawmakers are beginning to craft amendments to the law. However, even if some … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Gun Law Sees Backlash from Upstate Counties
ALBANY - Lawmakers in Albany will be hearing from a lot of county governments in the coming weeks. More than two dozen county legislatures across New York State – including Erie and Cattaraugus Counties – have formally condemned New York’s new … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Cuomo Signs Gun Legislation into Law
ALBANY - New York State is fighting back. That’s the message from Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he signed into law a sweeping gun control bill in Albany Tuesday afternoon. The signing took place just one hour after the Secure Ammunition and Firearms … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Lawmakers Address Gun Control
ALBANY - New York is close to becoming the first state in the union to pass new gun regulations since the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. last month. The Abany Times Union is reporting today that State lawmakers Monday night began the process to broaden … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Young Reacts to State of the State
ALBANY - Chautauqua County’s representative in the upper chamber in Albany said she was encouraged by Governor Cuomo’s focus on restoring the upstate economy in his state of the state address. The Governor said he would do so by concentrating on job … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Albany to Focus on Gun Control, Election Reform in Early 2013
ALBANY — The leader of the state Assembly expects early pushes for gun control and election overhaul when lawmakers convene at the Capitol this month. Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced legislation at the end of December that would allow New Yorkers … [Read more...]
