The State Senate passed a new ban on assault weapons Monday. The Assembly was still debating on Tuesday afternoon, but is almost certain to approve the legislation. The legislation grandfathers in military-style weapons already owned by New Yorkers, though they would be subject to a new permitting requirement. The assault weapons ban is part of […]
Gun control
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[UPDATE] Assembly Republicans bash Cuomo, gun proposals
Some tough words from Assembly Republicans on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed package of gun legislation. The legislation is being debated in the Assembly right now. The State Senate passed it last night.
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DA’s also want tougher gun laws
As the gun control debate has unfolded in New York and nationally, there’s been a tendency to associate tougher gun restrictions with Democratic legislators and liberals. But the ideological split in the gun debate is not that linear. In advance of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address yesterday, the District Attorneys Association of […]
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Cuomo’s high-energy, jam-packed State of the State speech
Governor Andrew Cuomo does not lack ideas for New York State. In fact, he’s got a 300-plus page book full of them. During his State of the State address this afternoon, Cuomo laid out his agenda for the next year. He listed off new initiatives for economic development, incentives for state school districts to extend […]
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Morgan-Jones interview is a delicious media moment
Everyone seeking a rational, common-sense approach to gun legislation should take a minute to watch the recent exchange between CNN host Piers Morgan and radio personality Alex Jones. In a later interview with Politico, Morgan called the Jones interview an advertisement for gun control. Morgan isn’t a particularly good interviewer, nor does he break journalistic […]
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Some useful gun-death statistics
Slate is working with the anonymous operator of the @GunDeaths Twitter feed to track gun deaths since the December 14 shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Guns, criminal justice, and a national agenda
There are things that are simply too terrible.
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Our legal WMD’s
Unimaginable pain… unimaginable horror: Reporters and commentators have struggled for words to describe last week’s tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. And yet if it’s unimaginable, it’s only because we still won’t face gun violence head on. These killings are not rare, not in this country. A blog on The Nation’s website notes 16 multiple shootings in […]
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Slaughter calls for federal assault weapons ban
Representative Louise Slaughter says she wants Congress to re-enact a federal assault weapons ban. Discussion about the legality and availability of rapid-fire weapons has spiked following the tragic shooting of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school last Friday. Police and media reports say that the shooter, identified as Adam Lanza, used […]
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Feedback 9/26
Send comments to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. We edit selections for publication in print, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. The left has moved right Mary Anna Towler’s column “One Nation Indivisible?” (Urban Journal) cites a New Yorker article saying […]
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Why not ban guns?
I’ve found it nearly impossible to avoid thinking about gun control as the stories kept coming over the past few weeks: 12 people killed and 58 wounded in Aurora, Colorado; six killed, three wounded at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; a security guard shot and wounded at a Family Research Council headquarters in Washington DC…
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Crime guns’ origins vary
Most guns used in local crimes come from the local area and are not brought in from other states.
