Cuomo hazy on status of ammo sales database — ‘not a significant aspect’ of SAFE Act New York gun control vaporware . . . …(T)he governor said that he wasn’t aware of the current status of the state’s plan to build a database for ammunition sales, an element of the 2013 SAFE Act that remains […]
In the (not so) olden days, we had Operation Choke Point. That was the Obama Justice Department’s 2013 effort to squeeze firearms-related firms by threatening banks and other financial institutions that dared to do business with them. That legal and financial intimidation finally ended in 2017 with the change of administrations. Now that the federal government’s […]
Very few who may have lied trying to buy guns are investigated or charged, study finds But clearly we need more gun control laws . . . In the 29 states where federal officials handle the background checks, there were only 12 prosecutions in fiscal 2017 of people who were found to have provided false information, […]
“(Cuomo’s attack) is not about the NRA, it is about guns, period. It is about making it almost illegal to use a gun, even though you have a right to own one. “The NRA is the most attractive target for anti-gunners. It is the stalking horse. Cuomo knows that it is easy to destroy small […]
A reader in New York writes: This is a picture of an article from my local paper, the Eastwick Press (subscription needed for online content). Local ranges are losing their insurance coverage due to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s threats to financial institutions and underwriters. [see background here and here] Still haven’t donated to the NRA and New […]
The National Rifle Association, which has incurred “tens of millions of dollars in damages” from financial sanctions imposed by the state of New York, may potentially face an avalanche of additional penalties in anti-gun states throughout the union if New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has his way. “If I could have put the NRA out […]
You may have seen headlines over the past week screaming that the NRA is allegedly running out of money. You probably laughed and thought, how could the NRA be broke? It probably won’t surprise you to learn that those breathless reports aren’t exactly accurate. You might even call those headlines #fakenews. The NRA isn’t in imminent […]
Rural county seeks to be first in Virginia to arm teachers The AG standing in the way of teachers protecting their students would be a really good look . . . The school board in Lee County, Virginia, voted last week to allow an undisclosed number of teachers and staff members to carry guns in […]
“The appalling House vote for concealed carry reciprocity puts all New Yorkers at risk. This legislation would let individuals from out-of-state convicted of certain crimes carry hidden, loaded weapons in New York, in violation of New York’s much better, safer law. Only the NRA could propose something so ill-considered, dangerous and vile. New York passed the […]
