Hey can you guys give me some addresses of people in Albany it would be worth writing about the new battery of anti gun junk that has been proposed?  

You can look up your State Senator and Assemblyperson here:

New York State Assembly Members

New York State Senate Members


Governor George E. Pataki
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
518-474-8390

Senator Joseph L. Bruno
Temporary President and Majority Leader
43rd Senate District

Albany Office
Room 909 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-3191

District Office
368 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518)-583-1001


CALL and write letters to Senator Joe Bruno, Gov. Pataki AND your State Senator/Assemblyperson. Tell them you oppose the following bills:

A-673A
Enacts the "Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act"; creates crimes of failure to store a weapon safely in the first and second degrees, aggravated failure to store a
weapon, and criminally negligent storage of a weapon in the first and second degrees;

A-2302
Proscribes persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling
firearms from selling, delivering or transferring "child operated" firearms; defines
"child- operated" firearm to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same.

A-2466A
Amends the definition of assault weapon to include additional weapons; defines the terms
"detachable magazine", "muzzle break" and "muzzle compensator"; authorizes the division of state police to promulgate rules and regulations for the addition of information identifying assault weapons lawfully possessed prior to January 1, 2006 to the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank.

A-2837
Includes possession of armor piercing, frangible or "devastator" ammunition as criminal possession of a weapon.

A-4471
Prohibits the sale, use or possession of .50-caliber or larger firearms.

A-9280
Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent
recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; requires liability insurance of at least one million dollars; restricts premises of sales; imposes additional license conditions.


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"A-2466A
Amends the definition of assault weapon to include additional weapons; defines the terms
"detachable magazine", "muzzle break" and "muzzle compensator"; authorizes the division of state police to promulgate rules and regulations for the addition of information identifying assault weapons lawfully possessed prior to January 1, 2006 to the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank."

one that I doubt would ever pass, this would greatly effect most all gun owners

Quoted: "A-2466A Amends the definition of assault weapon to include additional weapons; defines the terms "detachable magazine", "muzzle break" and "muzzle compensator"; authorizes the division of state police to promulgate rules and regulations for the addition of information identifying assault weapons lawfully possessed prior to January 1, 2006 to the pistol and revolver ballistic identification databank." one that I doubt would ever pass, this would greatly effect most all gun owners

If the Senate was controlled by the Democrats this bill would have been enacted into law last year. They don't care what guns they ban and their long term goal is to ban all guns in NY.

Amen, and thanks.