New York State Passes Gun Bill

[Zippo]

http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S2230-2013

PURPOSE:

This legislation will protect New Yorkers by reducing the availability
of assault weapons and deterring the criminal use of firearms while
promoting a fair, consistent and efficient method of ensuring that
sportsmen and other legal gun owners have full enjoyment of the guns
to which they are entitled. A thoughtful network of laws provides the
toughest, most comprehensive and balanced answer in the nation to gun
violence. Through this legislation, New York is the first in the
nation to completely ban all pre-1994 high capacity magazines; to ban
any magazine that holds more than seven rounds (rather
than a limit of ten) and to both track ammunition purchases in real
time to permit alerts on high volume buyers, while also checking on
the buyer's background.

In a range of reforms the bill attends to the weaknesses in the
state's current regulatory structure to bring a consistency and
rationality that must be the cornerstone of a safe society. A single
standard across the State will ensure that legal gun owners obtain
their licenses expeditiously while those prohibited are denied that


privilege. A statewide database will keep the registry current and
guard against the dangerous or unstable possessing guns. New rules
will close a loophole that excludes private sales of guns from a
federal background check; tighten provisions governing gun ownership
by persons with serious mental illness; require safe storage of guns
for gun owners who live with someone who has been convicted of
certain crimes, is under an order of protection, or who has been
involuntarily committed as a result of a mental illness. The bill
also creates new and enhanced penalties for illegal gun use, and
enhances protections for victims of domestic violence by requiring
the firearm surrenders and gun license suspension and revocation in
cases where an order of protection has been issued.

Glad I'm in Texas!

[Sean88gt]

I see gun and ammo sales in PA going through the roof.

[CJ]

[Strychnine]

"We haven't saved any lives tonight, except one: the political life of a governor who wants to be president,"
"We have taken an entire category of firearms that are currently legal that are in the homes of law-abiding, tax paying citizens. ... We are now turning those law-abiding citizens into criminals."

-Republican Sen. Greg Ball

• Under current state law, assault weapons are defined by having two "military rifle" features spelled out in the law. The proposal would reduce that to one feature and include the popular pistol grip.
  
• Private sales of assault weapons to someone other than an immediate family would be subject to a background check through a dealer.
  
• Internet sales of assault weapons would be banned, and failing to safely store a weapon could be subject to a misdemeanor charge.
  
• Ammunition magazines would be restricted to seven bullets, from the current 10
  
• Current owners of higher-capacity magazines would have a year to sell them out of state
  
• An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge.

Seriously, this is bullshit. This risks opening the floodgates. Fuck Piers Morgan... can we get Bloomberg and Cuomo deported? Those assholes are a assholes.

Forcing the sale of private property? Are they serious with this crap?

[Vertnut]

"We haven't saved any lives tonight, except one: the political life of a governor who wants to be president," said Ball who represents part of the Hudson Valley. "We have taken an entire category of firearms that are currently legal that are in the homes of law-abiding, tax paying citizens. ... We are now turning those law-abiding citizens into criminals."

-Republican Sen. Greg Ball

• Under current state law, assault weapons are defined by having two "military rifle" features spelled out in the law. The proposal would reduce that to one feature and include the popular pistol grip.
  
• Private sales of assault weapons to someone other than an immediate family would be subject to a background check through a dealer.
  
• Internet sales of assault weapons would be banned, and failing to safely store a weapon could be subject to a misdemeanor charge.
  
• Ammunition magazines would be restricted to seven bullets, from the current 10
  
• Current owners of higher-capacity magazines would have a year to sell them out of state
  
• An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge.

Seriously, this is bullshit. This risks opening the floodgates. Fuck Piers Morgan... can we get Bloomberg and Cuomo deported? Those assholes are a assholes.

Forcing the sale of private property? Are they serious with this crap?

If the first 5 don't violate your rights, how about that last one? Damn them.

[CJ]

If the first 5 don't violate your rights, how about that last one? Damn them.

Oh my AR-15 has 8 rounds in it? Let me empty one of them out into your chest.

[KBScobravert]

Someone should invite them to Texas to try and sell that stellar idea. You can sell it in New York to the idiots up there but not even a queer in Texas would buy that deal even with a free bag dicks.

[ceyko]

Someone should invite them to Texas to try and sell that stellar idea. You can sell it in New York to the idiots up there but not even a queer in Texas would buy that deal even with a free bag dicks.

Plenty of people willing to give up their rights in Texas. Thankfully not enough to make it happen at the state level - give it time though and that could change too just like it has at the national level.

[CJ]

You have to heat that water slowly so no one notices.

[Zippo]

I wonder how they think they can violate HIPAA patient privacy laws for this:


Provisions Related to Persons with Mental Illness

Amendments to the Mental Hygiene Law will help ensure that persons who
are mentally ill and dangerous cannot retain or obtain a firearm.
First, mental health records that are currently sent to NIDCS for a
federal background check will also be housed in a New York State
database. A new Section 9.46 of the Mental Hygiene Law will require
mental health professionals, in the exercise of reasonable
professional judgment, to report if an individual they are treating
is likely to engage in conduct that will cause serious harm to
him- or herself or others. A good faith decision about whether to report
will not be a basis for any criminal or civil liability. When a
Section 9.46 report is made, the Division of Criminal Justice
Services will determine whether the person possesses a firearms
license and, if so, will notify the appropriate local licensing
official, who must suspend the license. The person's firearms will
then be removed.

Jeez, what a bloated bunch of crap !

[68RR]

When the Democratic party pushes through amnesty and citizenship for all the illegals, we're all sunk!

[no4njnk]

Another reason not to go to NY, and I cannot see Texas following any similar laws if they are passed at the national level.

[Sean88gt]

Obama, Biden, Cuomo need to make an appearance.

[samuel642000]

So how do they plan on verifying if you have "illegal" mags in your home? Showing up like the census takers door to door wanting to go inside and search?

[SEB]

Thank God for TEXAS