It’s one minute past midnight on April 15, 2013. Under the provisions of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 (a.k.a., the SAFE Act), Empire State gun owners are now prohibited from loading/possessing an ammunition magazine with more than seven rounds. There are two exceptions: if the owner is loading-up at an incorporated shooting range, or if he or she is shooting at an NRA or International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association event. Home defense? Fuhgeddaboutit. An owner who dares to defy the SAFE Act for his or her or family’s safety is looking at a Class B misdemeanor, facing 1 to 3 (and up to 25 years) in prison. That puts a pistol-stuffing perp on a par with criminals convicted of manslaughter 1, rape 1 and arsenal 1 (Man United nil). What are the odds owners will comply? Would you?
Curio or relic magazine? WTF? How will the state distinguish between those and regular magazines? By the date printed on the front cover?
Love the football reference, by the way.
Curio & relic magazines are magazines 10+ rounds in capacity that can only be used in a rifle 50 years or older. So even some like M1 carbines are not exempt due to modern replicas. Also, C&R mags are actually not exempt from the 7-round load limit; they can merely be possessed after the April 15, 2014 deadline to modify/dispose of any 10+ round magazines.
D’oh! Text amended.
I’ve got a “compromise” background check bill for them – all sales at a gun show (in the grounds of the show itself) are either by FFL’s (who must do NICS, as they already do) or must be transferred via an FFL. All other forms of private sales are left as they currently are. In exchange for us “closing the gun show loophole”, the Hughes Amendment is repealed.
That is the only way I would support any “expanded background check” bill.
isnt anything over 365 days in lock up considered a felony?
Manslaughter and rape are misdemeanors in New York…?
This is an unclear article and what’s “arsenal 1 (man united nil)????
Fix it or not…either way nice reporting.
Football joke.
Futbol…
In English it’s really spelled as ‘pathetically boring’ or ‘snorefest’.
Looks like they are trying to be funny. I think gun owners can laugh too, Randy
“What are the odds owners will comply? Would you?”
DON’T ANSWER IT’S A TRAP!
“What are the odds owners will comply? Would you?”
That’s not the question. The question is “will they enforce?” And if yes, how much civilian blood will they shed before this is all over?
I suggest that people should comply with this registration. I am going to immediately fill out forms for hundreds of people from the phone books and mail them in that should keep the bastards busy a while. I challenge everyone to fill out 2-3 forms for Cuomo the homo too!
Lets see them take the guns from the MOB.
There is no MOB… It is the Italian-American independent business coalition
i thought that they suspended enforcement indefinitely when they passed the budget a few weeks ago. i wouldn’t comply. If someone busts in I have no plans to give them an edge.
What’s the saying? Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
As I have said before, load ’em up, shoot enough to leave less than 8 in the mag, and always carry an empty mag so you can claim that you made a tactical reload.
I’d comply–by leaving. What a joke.
I’m going to feel dirty the next time I have to drive through NY. I don’t carry while out of state, but now I’m not sure I want to hit up the tourist traps in the NY. I’d rather spend my money someplace else.
No, Alan Gottlieb just issued a statement saying that the Second Amendment Foundation and the CCRKB fully support government ownership and brainwashing of all children. In return, the government promises not to lie to us ever again.
Up Gunners!and for that matter, up gunners!
Welcome to the hive. Your stingers must be turned in when you are designated drones. Be good, and you can work in the hive, if not, to the front with ye!
“A nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting – three hundred million people all with the same face.”
Wasn’t the ire with Fudds that “an AWB doesn’t affect me, so why should I care to fight it?” and now everyone is saying “Private sales at gun shows don’t affect me, so why should I care to fight it?” and the response to the Fudds was “because that’s only the first step, eventually they’ll come after you too” yet that reply does not apply here?
So confusing…
I didnt think anyone still cared about Trayvon Martin thing. Old news.
it doesn’t matter if everyone agrees that expanding background checks to private sales at gun shows is a good idea. The Federal government doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to insert itself into the sale of used goods between two individuals within the borders of the same state. period.
http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/Rulebook.htm
What a terrible law. I support every Sheriff who refuses to enforce such garbage.
No, no, no, no. National reciprocity is NOT worth banning private sales and ushering in national registration.
We already have this in RI and it’s about to get even worse.
Crime always increases when the New York City Council is in session.
Historically speaking, the 597 has never been known for reliability. Jeff O’s comment is reflective of others in forums all over the Internet. Congrats, Jeremy S., if you got a good one.
Well then…
Anyone else out there think that the SCOTUS has just washed its hands of the violence that’s becoming almost inevitable?
Is it possible he’s an actor? Of course.
Is it possible the director couldn’t resist painting “their” gun guy as an idiot because, well, he’s a “gun guy”?
Excellent counter attack by the NRA.
I am glad they did not let this slide.
The timing of New York’s ban on more than 7-rounds in a magazine couldn’t have been better, eh? Terrorists attack Boston and New York neuters its law-abiding citizens on the same day.
Dunno about black powder, but it’s almost a certainty that something corrupt will happen. Tyrannical politicians love attacks on their country, since they can and do use them to strip a pathetically subservient people of their liberties. Can’t wait to hear what the O administration’s “Solution” to this is.
The bikers should all be stripped of their rockers because they were all useless. The chick got more punches in than any of the guys. I also guess bikers in that town don’t pack heat or anything else because they all just stood there. These fools are lucky no one got shot.
LEOs: Draw and look for further threats.
Civilian: Look for further threats while attempting to GTFO. I’d only draw if someone started shooting and was in my immediate vicinity. The rationale for carrying diminishes in a highly LEO saturated area, but you still need to get there and get home.
YMMV.
I wouldn’t buy a Muslim gun if it was the last piece on earth. I will not knowingly spend one sent to help them in their efforts to appease the demon ‘god’ Allah’s lust for blood. There are more than enough American and Western European firearms to take care of our desires and needs without helping Islam spread death and terror.