Governor Andrew Cuomo says the first proposal in his 2018 State of the State message will be a state law taking away firearms from those convicted of domestic violence-related crimes. Cuomo says gun violence and domestic violence are inextricably linked. He says any conviction on a misdemeanor or felony related to domestic violence should […]
Federal legislation proposed by Western New York Congressman Chris Collins would roll back parts of New York’s NY SAFE gun control law, by limiting state authority to regulate rifles and shotguns. The controversial New York law declared some types of semi-automatic rifles to be assault weapons. People who already owned one could keep it, but […]
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the Henrietta gun dealers arrested this week for selling weapons that violated the New York SAFE Act “knew exactly what they were doing.” Kordell Jackson of Henrietta, Joshua Perkins of Irondequoit and Ken Youngren of Alfred have been charged with selling semi-automatic rifles having military-type features after the NY […]