The Greene County Legislature passed a resolution on Wednesday 4/5/2017 to support Senate Bill S879C. The Senate Bill S879C limits enforcement of the unSAFE act to Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York and Bronx counties.

[An article in The Daily Mail has the details]

The NY Senate bill S879C and NY Assembly bill would limit the unSAFE act to Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York and Bronx counties. This would essentially repeal the unSAFE act for “upstate” New York.

The bill is sponsored by Robert Ortt in the NY Senate and by Marc Butler in the NY Assembly. Call your legislator and ask them to support these bills.

Please make two phone calls today and share this on your social media outlets:

1: Call NYS Senate Majority Leader John Flanigan at (518) 455-2071 and ask him to sponsor the "same as" to NYS Assembly Bill 6805, "The Civil Rights Restoration Act."

2: Call your Assemblyman and ask them to become a Co-Sponsor…especially if he or she is a Democrat.

Let's guarantee and spell out civil rights for all New Yorkers, including Due Process, Equal Protection, and Privacy!

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/a6805/amendment/original#yes

Paloma A. Capanna Attorney & Policy Analyst
633 Lake Road
Webster, New York 14580
www.Law-Policy.com
585.377.7260 office
585.377.7268 facsimile

"Freedom does not exist to taunt tyranny. Freedom simply is." Me.

Capital District SCOPE Annual Meeting & Election of Officers

Tuesday, March 21  7pm  Zaloga Post, 4 Everett Rd. Ext., Albany, NY 12205

Agenda to include:

• Election for Chairman, Vice Chairman I, Vice Chairman II, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary
• Informational presentations in local counties on handgun license recertification
• Update of events at SCOPE state board level
• Press Release from Attorney Capanna
• Gun Show at Polish Community Center March 25 & 26

NY State is sending misleading information to Federal background check databases

Attorney Paloma A. Capanna is asking for help in a letter writing campaign called “S.O.S FBI”.   Please read Capanna’s letter, it details the abuse of the NICS system gun owner’s and law enforcement rely on to transfer firearms legally.

Attorney Paloma A. Capanna’s FBI Letter

In the letter, Capanna demonstrates how NY state is abusing its position to report people as “involuntary committed” to databases such as NICS, when no such commitment has taken place. These entries recently went from 0 to 463,000.

The attorney is asking New Yorker’s to help her make the FBI aware that the database is incorrect and that New York state is ignoring requests to correct the erroneous information. One can help by adding a letter or phone call of your own to her efforts.

At a February meeting of the Rensselaer County Legislature, legislators voted their disapproval of the unSAFE act 10-5. Asking the State to repeal the SAFE act. The legislators also approved a resolution to ask the State to cancel the NY State pistol permit recertification.

The unSAFE is four years old and the Rensselaer County Legislature was amongst the first counties to voice it’s disapproval 4 years ago.

Here is a link to a Troy Record article on the legislatures resolutions

Senate Bill S1386/Assembly Bill A00479

From the senate bill:

To clarify that the taking of deer, bear, small game, fish and wild upland game birds by crossbow is akin to the taking of such game by a longbow; removes restrictions related to the maximum peak draw weight and minimum limb width; establishes parity in relation to the minimum distance with which a crossbow could be discharged from an occupied structure consistent with that of a longbow; clarifies use of a crossbow in relation to the hunter safety course be presented as part of the bow hunter education course; and permits the use of a crossbow by youth hunters 12 and 13 years of age.

A link to the senate bill is here and the assembly bill is here

The New York Crossbow Coalition has provided a sample letter to use when contacting your representatives in support of the bill.

Sample Letter to support amendments for Crossbow Hunting

Tuesday, February 21 at Zaloga Post 7pm

4 Everett Rd. Ext, Albany 12205

Our meetings are now on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Agenda to include:

• Report on adopted family
• Report on Albany gun show
• Chapter's new website  cdscope-20240625-1.satemporary.store
• Update of events at SCOPE state board level
• Discussion of new legislative session
• Pistol license recertification
• Election of Officers at March 21st meeting.  Members in good standing are encouraged to run for a seat on the board.
• Report of nominations committee

Assembly Bill A2260 would require all firearms owners in New York State to purchase a liability insurance policy of not less than $250,000. The bill would require a firearms owner to obtain the insurance prior to possession of the firearm, and maintain insurance continuously during ownership of the firearm, or risk the revocation to possess firearms in New York State.

NYS Assembly Bill A2260 would amend insurance law and is currently in assembly committee.

Contact your legislators and tell them no on A2260.

Presented by Columbia County Clerk Holly C. Tanner Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 10:00am – Noon at Columbia-Greene Community College

4400 NY23, Hudson NY.  In the Theater, parking in A or B lots.

Special guest Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin.

Invited guests include Congressman John Faso, Senator Kathy Marchione, Assemblyman Pete Lopez and Assemblywoman Didi Barrett.