NEW YORK — Gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were mostly upheld Monday by a federal appeals court. The ...

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HANOVER — A trial will get underway next week for the first person charged with violating New York’s new gun-control law. Authorities said 33-year-old Benjamin Wassell of Silver Creek in western New York was accused of selling illegally modified semi-automatic ...

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ALBANY — More than 1,000 demonstrators filled a park outside the state Capitol calling for repeal of New York’s new gun law. While cheering former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and Jeannine Pirro, a broadcaster and former Westchester County district ...

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Monroe County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo, along with Livingston County Clerk Jim Culbertson and Wayne County Clerk Michael Jankowski, called on the state to accept the responsibility for investigating mental health issues of weapons owners relating to the SAFE Act. A ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now. The justices on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes it difficult for residents to get a license ...

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WASHINGTON — A day after the Senate voted to begin debate on new gun control measures, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider a new appeal aimed at loosening state restrictions on firearms. The justices are meeting in private ...

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ALBANY — New York’s new gun control law now requires federal background checks for private firearms sales. The provision meant to close the so-called “private sales loophole” takes effect Saturday, along with others that set tougher penalties for gun crimes ...

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Even though Monroe and Ontario counties are ready to formally oppose stricter gun regulations implemented earlier this year, it appears Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sticking to his guns when it comes to the NY SAFE Act. Cuomo, in response to ...

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Mayor Thomas S. Richards and City Council President Lovely A. Warren have submitted a joint letter of support for the governor’s and the Legislature’s actions to approve the New York State Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act. The letter is ...

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The Livingston County Clerk’s Office voice mail message speaks volumes. The message says that because of the new state gun law, no one is immediately available to answer the phone call. That’s because four people on the five-person staff have ...

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Assemblyman Bill Reilich, R,C,I-Greece, is inviting Second Amendment advocates, sportsmen, businesses and constituents to join him at NY2A Day in Albany on Feb. 28 for a rally to protect the Second Amendment. Throughout the day, participants from across the state ...

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Gun laws are in the sights of many municipalities and organizations throughout the region in the weeks since the state Legislature enacted the stringent NY SAFE Act. Monroe County Democrats on Monday proposed a law that would prohibit most anyone ...

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