These are the new gun law provisions that just passed the State Senate.
They want to:
1.Further restrict "assault weapons" by defining them with a single feature. (Current law requires two.)
2.Mandate a Police registry of "assault weapons". (This to me is the beginning of gun registration, then confiscation.)
3.Establish a state registry of all private sales, with a background check done through a licensed dealer, excluding sales to immediate relatives. (See, what did I tell you.)
4.Require a therapist who believes a patient made a credible threat to use a gun illegally to report the threat to a mental health director, who would then have to report it to the state Dept. of Criminal Justice Services. A patient's gun could be taken from him or her.
5.Ban web sales of "assault weapons".
6.Restrict ammunition magazines to seven bullets, from 10. Current owners of higher-capacity magazines would have a year to sell them out of state. An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge.
7.Require stolen guns to be reported within 24 hours. Otherwise, the owner would face possible misdemeanor charge.
8.Increase sentences for gun crimes.
9.Limit the state records law to protect handgun owners from being identified publicly.
Passage of this in the State Assembly is almost assured with Sheldon Silver and the Democrats in charge, guess what Gov. Cuomo is going to do?Regarding item the following items:
#4 - Does this mean a credible threat to kill, or injure someone without using a gun doesn't have to be reported?
#6 - I just can't believe this is legal. It seems a violation of your Constitutional rights. Forcing you to sell something of yours at a value that maybe less than what it's worth under duress of government. Something like what happened to the Japanese-Americans during WWII. They were forced to sell their property, and were given pennies on the dollar for it, beause they were forced to relocate.
#8 - This probably seems like the only provision that makes sense.
#9 - This is a change for the better, but I wonder if it was passed because of pressure from celebrity gun owners who didn't want their personal info made public.
BTW In case your wondering, the reporter of the Journal News who did the story that led to the paper publishing the names and addresses of CCW holders, in turn got his info put on the web.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/journal-news-reporters-families-targeted-after-posting-gun-permit-maps/I'm sure he liked that!