NY SAFE Act

Senate Committee Seeks Input On Aspect Of NY's Gun Law

Allison Dunne — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:33:32 +0000

Members of a New York State Senate committee are holding a hearing Friday afternoon with mental health professionals to solicit input on administering the SAFE Act, the state’s new gun-control law.

Man Busted For Gun With Nine-Bullet Clip

Hank Gross — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:10:02 +0000

NEW LEBANON – State Police have arrested a Hopewell Junction man for possessing a legally possessed handgun, but with a clip containing nine bullets. The new state SAFE Act limits the amount of rounds in a clip to seven.

As a result, Gregory Dean Jr., 31, has been charged with unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both of which are misdemeanors. He was also charged with a traffic infraction and issued appearance tickets.

Anti-Gun Group In Saratoga Demands Proof Of Insurance

Dave Lucas — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:55:05 +0000

Citizens turned up the heat Wednesday on Saratoga Springs City Center, pressing officials to prove that the group holding gun shows there is properly insured.

NY Safe Act Arrest via Social Media

Dave Lucas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:59:00 +0000

New York Assembly Speaker Says Gun Law Provision Could be Delayed

Karen Dewitt — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:41:54 +0000

The Speaker of the State Assembly says a portion of New York’s gun control laws, set to take effect April 15th, may be postponed while talks continue on how to amend the provision.

Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders are talking about amending the state’s gun control laws to reverse a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines. They say the law as written presents a conflict because the 10 round magazines are still allowed at shooting ranges and sporting competitions, but under the impending ban, gun owners would no longer be allowed to buy them in New York for those purposes.

Tom King, New York Rifle and Pistol Association - Challenging the NY SAFE Act in federal court

Brian Shields — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Another lawsuit has been filed challenging New York’s new gun law, the NY SAFE Act. The court action was filed today in federal court in Buffalo by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association along with a number of other organizations. A separate lawsuit filed earlier challenging how the law was passed was dismissed and is now being appealed. Tom King, president of the 45,000 member New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, tells WAMC's Brian Shields that the new lawsuit is focused on the U.S. Constitution.

3/21/13 – Panel

Joe Donahue — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Today’s panelists are WAMC's Ray Graf, WAMC's David Guistina, and State University of New York at Albany journalism professor and regular guest on WAMC's The Media Project Rosemary Armao. Joe Donahue moderates.

Today’s topics include:

New York State Budget Talks Focus on Possible Gun Law Changes

Karen Dewitt — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0000

Lawmakers originally planned to be passing bills by now, ready to wrap up the state budget and leave on a three week break beginning on Thursday.

But, instead of an agreement early in the week, each day lawmakers have found themselves discussing new issues , some of them totally unrelated to the spending plan. Most recently, talks have turned to whether to decriminalize public possession of marijuana in New York City, and walking back a provision of the recently enacted gun control laws.

NY Gun Debate Gains Intensity

Dave Lucas — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:13:32 +0000

The legal debate over guns and the safety of New York's citizens continues at a fever pitch in the wake of the Herkimer horror, where four people were shot yesterday.

The Central New York tragedy and Wednesday’s refusal by a state judge to block New York's tough new gun law, have kicked the gun control issue into overdrive.

A Siena College poll recently found New York voters, by a 2-to-1 margin, support the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, which included a broader ban on assault weapons and lower limits on the capacity of magazines.

New York State Senator Kathy Marchione - Casinos and the SAFE Act

Brian Shields — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Casino gambling and New York’s new gun law, the SAFE Act, have emerged as two issues in Albany sparking a good deal of debate this session. Republican State Senator Kathy Marchione, of Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties, is leading an effort to repeal the gun law passed earlier this year in New York, and the first year lawmaker is also backing a measure that would require the locations of casinos to be known before lawmakers approve a constitutional amendment to allow them on non-Indian land.