The Syracuse Post-Standard is reporting this assault on our Second Amendment that never ends. Once again the Demoncrats are trying to define and eliminate specific guns that we all own. In the cross-hairs maybe even on single shot 50 calibre muzzle loaders used for hunting, woodchuck ammunition, and any gun that looks intimidating.
I mean, come on, we can’t have a gun that looks like its real, even if its not. God forbid we are allowed semi-automatic rifles similar to those that the military uses. As a matter of fact, the Demoncrats obviously believe that no-one ever shoots guns recreationally. Everyone is a potential terrorist to them, so they think they can take all the guns and to hell with your rights.
I can tell you this, it will be a cold day in hell before I ever hand over any of my firearms to the government.
http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2009/04/state_assembly_expected_to_pas.html
State Assembly on line to pass a number of gun control bills — next stop is state Senate
Posted by David Figura/The Post-Standard April 28, 2009 4:47PM
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Codes Committee Chair Joseph Lentol today announced the Assembly’s expected passage of a legislative package to combat gun violence.
“The bills will enhance safety by assisting police in their efforts to investigate illegal firearms, prohibiting felons from buying guns, requiring child-proof devices on guns and banning advanced firearms and ammunition used to kill police officers,” according to a press release from Silver’s office.
According to Silver’s press release: “New York is one of the safest states in the nation and it must stay that way,” said Silver (D-Manhattan). To achieve this, we must craft laws that prevent dangerous felons from possessing weapons while assisting law enforcement agencies as they combat gun trafficking. Although the majority of gun owners are law-abiding citizens, we must ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of violent felons or children. This package contains bills that address public safety, while weighing the needs of hunters and sportspeople.”
Such bills pass the state Assembly every year and usually die in the state Senate, which in year’s past has been dominated by Republicans. This year, however, could be different as the Democrats are now the majority in the Senate. A group of local sportsman and other pro-gun interests are expected to rally Wednesday in Albany to protest passage by the Assembly of these bills.
Silver added that this year’s legislation, considered this week in recognition of National Crime Victims Week, was introduced in remembrance of the tenth anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and the 13 victims of the recent shooting in Binghamton.
“Last year, the Assembly successfully passed legislation which was enacted that creates a comprehensive database to help prevent people suffering from serious mental illnesses from purchasing guns,” said Lentol (D-Brooklyn). “This year, we will continue pushing for smart gun laws to protect communities across New York. Today’s legislation sets important record keeping and reporting standards for gun dealers and pawn shops and prohibits the sale of ammunition which serves no practical purpose yet possesses the capacity to pierce through protective bulletproof vests. Additionally, our legislation helps police investigate gun-related crimes through manufacturer identification of firearms.”
One bill requires the re-licensing and recertification of firearms permits after five years (A.801A/Paulin). This will help ensure that licensing authorities have the oversight they need to protect the public while balancing the legitimate constitutional rights of gun owners. Another bill creates the Children’s Weapon Accident Protection Act which requires that there be a weapons-safety program for schoolchildren and creates crimes of failing to safely store firearms (A.5844/Weisenberg).
The legislative package also addresses public safety by requiring all firearms sold in the state to be childproof (A.1326/Englebright) and capable of microstamping ammunition (A.6468/Schimel), and by instituting background checks for firearms sold at pawn shops (A.7574/Hoyt). Another bill requires stringent recordkeeping and reporting of gun sales, liability insurance and employee training for gunsmiths to prevent the sale of guns through so-called “straw purchases” (A.1093/Paulin).
Other measures in the Assembly gun package would:
- Protect the safety of law enforcement personnel by prohibiting the sale and ownership of ammunition designed to fragment or explode upon impact and pierce body armor (A.2881/Koon);
· Require law enforcement authorities to record projectiles, shell casings and guns in their possession which they suspect were used in a gun crime into an electronic databank (A.2882A/Koon);
· Ban the sale, use or possession of 50-caliber or larger weapons, and creates a program to recall those currently legally owned (A.3211A/Eddington);
- Define a “disguised gun” to include those weapons designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun and ban their production and sale. (A.5078/Lentol);
- Encourage responsible gun ownership by establishing a standard firearms safety course for people applying for a gun license (A.3076B/Kavanagh);
- Add to the definition of assault weapon to include additional weapons (A.6157/Titone); and
· Empower courts to revoke licenses and seize weapons of certain individuals who could present a threat to the public
If you are a jury in a gun case, don’t forget the Second Amendment.
Ask the judge to read it to the jury.
I like shooting woodchucks with an Uzi from a moving car. I should be allowed to shoot house sparrows at close range with a shotgun. Why aren’t hand grenades sold in Walmarts.
If you are a jury in a gun case, get him before he gets you.
Ask the judge to double the jail time.
The second amendment was put in place to allow the average citizen to have a way to fight back if their own government became oppressive. We are way past that in our country, but just like a frog placed in cold water and turning it up until it’s in hot water, you don’t feel the heat unless you jump into a boiling pot of water.
Same is here that if we had all these constitutional amendment changes at once we would go to another revolution immediately. Having our constitutional rights taken from us a little at a time, has left us numb to the process and results.
I feel for the frog in boiling water! Nothing like deer hunting with the old M16 on automatic.
Pass the armor piercing ammunition. Is it a coincidence that the Buffalo Psychiatric Center is close to the Buffalo Gun Center.
Buffalo Psych and BGC are 6.5 miles apart. You’re a moron.