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S-4175 Includes possession of armor piercing, frangible or devastator ammunition as criminal possession of a weapon. Golden Codes 1/8/14 Oppose From this bill itself: JUSTIFICATION: Police and hospital statistics have shown an increase in deaths and injuries resulting from increasingly deadly and horrific types of ammunition. These latest types of ammunition, such as armor piercing, frangible and devastator ammunition, are designed to pierce bullet proof vests or to fragment, explode, detonate, or disintegrate upon impact so as to render survival unlikely. From wikipedia: A frangible bullet is one that is designed to disintegrate into tiny particles upon impact to minimize their penetration for reasons of range safety, to limit environmental impact, or to limit the danger behind the intended target. Examples are the Glaser Safety Slug and the breaching round.
Frangible bullets will disintegrate upon contact with a surface harder than the bullet itself. Frangible bullets are often used by shooters engaging in close quarter combat training to avoid ricochets; targets are placed on steel backing plates that serve to completely fragment the bullet. Frangible bullets are typically made of non-toxic metals, and are frequently used on "green" ranges and outdoor ranges where lead abatement is a concern. Do they just make shit up as they go along? Just more proof that these assholes don't know what the words they use mean. So a bullet that mitigates environmental damage and makes ranges safer should be criminal possession of a weapon? Golden is a retired New York City Police Officer who received numerous awards during his ten years with the Police Department. Golden was forced to retire in 1983, after suffering a serious injury while making a narcotics arrest. Golden's website claims that his "distinguished career as a New York City Police Officer provided him with the knowledge and experience to make our streets safer." I'll just go on the snarky assumption that they'll forget to exclude police officers from this. 'Cause no one needs 7 frangible boolits to train on a raaangea ETA: Safe act vote from the senate: VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jan 14, 2013 Ayes (43): Adams, Addabbo, Avella, Boyle, Breslin, Carlucci, Diaz, Dilan, Espaillat, Felder, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gianaris, Gipson, Golden, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Hoylman, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Latimer, LaValle, Marcellino, Martins, Montgomery, O'Brien, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Rivera, Sampson, Sanders, Savino, Serrano, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky Nays (18): Ball, Bonacic, DeFrancisco, Farley, Gallivan, Griffo, Larkin, Libous, Little, Marchione, Maziarz, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Seward, Young Excused (1): Zeldin |
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Nothing new here. This bill or a similar bill has been passed in previous years by the Assembly. NYPD PBA President Pat Lynch supports the ban and has been pushing for it for years. A-2837/S-7693 Includes possession of armor piercing, frangible or "devastator” ammunition as criminal possession of a weapon. - Passed by the NYS Assembly 1-9-2006 Article from 2005(Link dead): www.nydailynews.com/12-12-2005/news/story/374014p-317961c.html Hollowed bullet easy to get & hard to survive BY ALISON GENDAR and DAVE GOLDINER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Hollow-point bullets like the one used in the slaying of Officer Daniel Enchautegui are much deadlier than ordinary bullets - and nearly as easy to get. Cops favor using the hollow-point bullets because they are less likely to pass through a target and ricochet into a fellow cop or bystander. But they want their public sale banned to keep them out of the hands of thugs like Enchautegui's alleged killers, Steven Armento and Lillo Brancato. "Our mission is to stop violent felons," said Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch. "There is no reason for anyone else to have that ability." Armento allegedly shot Enchautegui with his father's .357-caliber handgun, loaded with the hollow-point bullets. Anyone with a gun permit can buy the hollow-points in a gun shop. They also are readily available on the black market. "Anybody can go out and buy them," said Michael Palladino, head of the Detectives' Endowment Association. The main difference between hollow-point and regular, "full-metal jacket" bullets is that the hollow-points flatten on impact and expand inside a target. The NYPD switched to the new ammo in 1999. "They are less likely to penetrate the intended target and hit a bystander," said Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne. An on-duty cop's bulletproof vest would likely provide the same protection from a hollow-point as a regular bullet. |