I applaud your effort but frankly I do not think it is going to work. After all, we have had the Sullivan Law on the books for 100 years now and no one has been able to get that repealed or modified into "Shall Issue" in under six months (on the other hand, New York was one of the first states in the nation to actually allow concealed carry for its citizens). And here in Nassau County a pistol license now costs $200 every five years. I think only way we will ever get anywhere, if at all, is through the courts assuming we get a favorable second amendment ruling from SCOTUS.
The scary thing is I am afraid the legislature may go back and revisit all of this in terms of strengthening it. With groups like the VPC admitting the Federal law was not really effective and had too many loopholes I suspect they may decide to fix it since the New York law is just as "flawed" as the Federal law was. I am sure many lawmakers would love to adopt the California law with even tougher privisions.
I am worried that Tom Suozzi's "Fix Albany" program, which I do support, may have the perverse side effect of getting us even more restrictions since the goal is to get the legislature working again and, over the last three years, the Assembly has not been able to get any firearms bills passed by the Senate. By streamlining the decision making process and having several key Senators replaced, we may wind up with alot of new crazy laws on the books in the not too distant future. The alternative though is more and more unfunded mandates that drive local governments out of business.
Does anyone from New York recall back in June 2000 what was staring us in the face? The Assembly had already passed a draconian bill that called for licensing, registration, and off-site storage. The Governor wanted an AW bill to pass as part of his 2000 crime package, and all of this was pre-9/11 in which "terrorism" was not being used to justify tighter controls! Many existing arms were to be surrendered to the police and a new "Compliance Bureau" was to be setup within the State Police. It was worse, IMHO, than what California currently has on the books. Senator Marcellino from my district authored the replacement by copying the Federal law. It would have been nice had he included the sunset but it was still better than the alternative. Luckily the Assembly was willing to cut their losses and went along with it.