Another useless gun bill passed by the liberal Assembly

June 10, 2010

Another useless gun bill passed by the liberal Assembly

By Bob McNitt

I’m not sure who first said “We’ve got primarily idiots running our state,” but it seems with each passing year, that proves to be increasingly true. They can’t pass a budget, close parks to the public on one of the most popular tourism holidays of the year. But the latest bit of idiocy just passed through the Assembly and is now in the Senate Codes Committee. The bill, S06005A, requires that all semiautomatic pistols sold in New York State must have their firing pins microstamped with an identifying number which would theoretically imprint on any bullet casing fired (and ejected) from that gun.
The push to have firearms, specially semiauto pistols, microstamped has been around a long time, but the reasons it’s never caught on is rather simple to understand—unless apparently you’re an anti-gun liberal politician in the New York legislature—it doesn’t do anything to deter crime nor identify criminals using pistols. What it would accomplish, if passed, is to drive the price of pistols so high precious few law-abiding NYS citizens could afford them. It would also drive many legitimate licensed FFL dealers out of business and probably also deter firearms manufacturers from doing business with New York State, period.
The reasons this lunacy of legislative monstrosity makes no sense could fill far more space than this column has room for, but here’s a few. First is that the microstamp on the firing pin can be easily removed in minutes by using a small file or emery board, or replacing it with an un-stamped firing pin. Even those unaltered ones only identify the initial owner and not the current user should the gun be stolen. Since no states bordering New York have this law, law-abiding citizens could simply purchase their pistols in another state. Last but not least, the criminal element might also easily side-step it all by switching to revolvers (which don’t eject the casings after being fired), sawed off shotguns, or rifles.
COBIS, introduced by Gov. Pataki in 2000, is a program to collect identifying data from the shell casings of all new handguns sold in the state. This information is then entered into a database for use by law enforcement to aid in identifying and prosecuting criminals. Since its inception, over a quarter of a million shell cases have been collected and entered into the database at an estimated cost of $32 million and not a single arrest or conviction has resulted. In fact, COBIS has proven to be such a failure that no other state is even considering implementing their own version of it.
I tend to be overly confused when elected officials start preaching and pushing new gun laws, especially when all the ones already in place do nothing to keep guns out of the hands of the criminal element. Currently we have almost a hundred gun laws already in force in New York. New York, along with New Jersey, Massachusetts, California and Washington DC, has the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. So what state is ranked the lowest for violent crime? Why North Dakota, which has only a dozen or so gun laws on the books. “Feel good” gun legislation is almost always the result of political demographics – the more urban centers in a state, the higher the crime rates and more politicians seeking voter support via more gun laws. The states with more rural demographics have the lesser need for more gun laws and restrictions.
I think the confusion stems from the bulk of our current legislative power lying at the extreme end of the Hudson River – about as urban as you can get in the state. However, the majority of the remaining New York is predominately rural in its nature and demographics. Many of us hunt, shoot targets, and see a gun as just another tool. We certainly don’t worry as much as urbanites do about being shot by some thug, druggie or gang member. And even if our crime rate were to begin edging up, those of us licensed to carry a handgun might do so as a deterrent to us or our family becoming a victim. Ironic that in states and areas where concealed carry is legal, crime rates goes down – often quite dramatically.
Some may find amusement over law-abiding gun owners’ (especially hunters) concerns regarding ever-increasing and more restrictive gun laws, but a look back at the history of this phenomenon, here and elsewhere, reveals an alarming potential conclusion. Despite having no positive impact on violent criminal use, the eventuality may easily be removal of all firearms from our citizens. Sound farfetched? So do a little history review on places that have followed similar patterns that we have seen here.
Now, here’s a zany thought – picture how the DEC would manage wildlife without hunters capable of using firearms. Obviously bowhunting or spear throwing couldn’t possibly keep pace with expanding deer, bear, coyote and geese populations. And if gun restrictions wound up causing purchase prices of guns, ammo and licenses to reach such a level only the more wealthy could afford them, would that make everyone happier and feel safer? Or would the criminal elements, by definition, simply ignore the expanded laws and acquire their guns and ammo from the black market suppliers?

Try as it may, our Albany legislators just continue to abide by the mistaken notion that passing more and more restrictive laws is the best solution to solving any criminal problem and garnering them more votes come election time. In reality, all they’re accomplishing is strapping more restrictions and costs to the honest citizens they’re sworn to serve and protect. Maybe we should suggest microstamping some of our elected officials’ really stupid legislation for referencing come election time.

Albany so far off target they hit stupid

Look people it's the same hype used to promote and pass COBI$ into law a few years back. So far NY hasn't solved any crimes using that 32 million dollar black hole. But nooowwww we have another money pit to toss our tax dollars into. No budget so Albany will just spend it before it's in the bank. Hey, FYI this folks~ is all of New York's law enforcement going to give up their pistols? Ya know, all those semi-autos they own that are not Micro-stamp compliant as well.

From California 3 days ago part of an article about Albany~

http://www.valleynewsonline.com/viewnews.php?newsid=88876&id=7

“So what’s the problem with micro stamping?”—you might well ask. Consider this: If micro stamping were to become law, firearms manufacturers would be forced to employ a patented, sole-sourced technology that independent studies, including those from the National Academy of Sciences and the University of California at Davis, found to be flawed and easily defeated by criminals. (Have you heard of files? Apparently the state legislature hasn’t).

Next week’s article, New York Firearms manufacturing shut down moves to Georgia.

Regards
Bill Brookover
President
http://www.nysmla.org/

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/blackpowderbill

Micro-stamping in NY

Below is a list of Senators that belong to the NY Sportsman's Caucus.

These are the legislators that pledge to champion sportsman's rights in Albany.

This list includes their district, party affiliation and their email address. Phone numbers can be found at http://www.nysenate.gov/senators and then clicking contact next to the Senators name.Please write or call each of these Senators and ask them to vote against this bill and to honor their commitment to the Sportsmen's they Caucus for.

There are 27 Senator's listed.

You will see that 2 of them actually sponsored this bill.

They need to hear from every sportsmen and women of the state, especially those from their districts, that they need to vote no on behalf of the sportsmen. Remind them that "The National Fraternal Order of Police, the New York Fraternal Order of Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the National Research Council, and even the California Police Chiefs Association all support further independent testing of the technology."

Additional problems with microstamping include:

A person could remove the firing pin in less than one minute.

A person could file off the serializing mechanism with simple household tools.

Microstamping may increase gun thefts, home invasions and other burglaries, and expand the black market in guns.

Negative fiscal impact to both the state and local municipalities since they need to purchase equipment to read gear codes of microstamping and also exorbitant increase in cost of firearms for law enforcement.

Please do not sit idly by and allow them to vote on this without speaking up. The future of handgun ownership in NY is at stake.

Rick McDermott
491 Albion Cross Rd
Pulaski, NY 13142
tughillmcd@yahoo.com(315) 298-2221 home(315) 882-1540 cell

Senate Sportsmen Caucus Members

Aubertine, Darrel (D) aubertin@senate.state.ny.us
Bonacic, John (R) bonacic@senate.state.ny.us
Breslin, Neil (D) Sponsor breslin@senate.state.ny.us
DeFrancisco, John (R) jdefranc@senate.state.ny.us
Farley, Hugh (R) farley@senate.state.ny.us
Foley, Brian (D) bfoley@senate.state.ny.us
Griffo, Joseph (R) griffo@senate.state.ny.us
Johnson, Owen (R) ojohnson@senate.state.ny.us
Larkin, William (R) larkin@senate.state.ny.us
LaValle, Kenneth (R) lavalle@senate.state.ny.us
Leibell, Vincent (R) leibell@senate.state.ny.us
Libous, Thomas (R) senator@senatorlibous.com
Little, Elizabeth (R) little@senate.state.ny.us
Marcellino, Carl (R) marcelli@senate.state.ny.us
Maziarz, George (R) maziarz@senate.state.ny.us
McDonald, Roy (R) mcdonald@senate.state.ny.us
Nozzolio, Michael (R) nozzolio@senate.state.ny.us
Razenhofer, Michael (R) ranz@senate.state.ny.us
Robach, Joseph (R) robach@senate.state.ny.us
Saland, Stephen (R) saland@senate.state.ny.us
Savino, Diane (D) Sponsor savino@senate.state.ny.us
Seward, James (R) seward@senate.state.ny.us
Stachowski, William (D) stachows@senate.state.ny.us
Valesky, David (D) valesky@senate.state.ny.us
Volker, Dale (R) volker@senate.state.ny.us
Winner, George (R) winner@senate.state.ny.us
Young, Catharine (R) cyoung@senate.state.ny.us

SCOPE Wayne County Picnic

Here is a pic of Ann Marie Buerkle & myself at the Marion Legion Last night. Ann Marie is running against Congressman Dan "No Show" Maffei 25th district , NY.
He's been a Washington DC Congressman and keeps avoiding all NY functions he's invited to. Well, unless they are staged to avoid people asking him questions.
Maffei has voted 97% of the time with Pelosi.
Ann Marie has been a nurse for 38 years, raised 6 children and after they were gone she went back to school and achieved a law degree.

Buerkle for Congress

Good to meet Bill Nojay Radio host from Rochester too!!

North East Primitive Rendezvous Would be a good place for Ann Marie to stump at.

Tommie Bass/Cherokee County Alabama on junk mail and politicians

Tommie Bass/Cherokee County Alabama on junk mail and politicians

Most everybody gets something like that. And, course, this one here is from the Baptist Church at Centre, their bulletin. And this one here is a-wantin . . . this here is a politician they want me to send money to help me get along, you know, I get em from the Democrats and Republicans, regardless of who they are, and I even get letters from the Catholic priests wanting me to help em, you know, along.

Course this is one of them get rich letters here this make you a million dollars in just a few days, you know, send five people five dollars apiece and then when your name gets to the top, why you'll go a-getting the five dollars -- but don't try it buddy it won't work. Course this here one, here's another politican. I get em . . . when they's running here in our state from the Democrats, I'd average two or three letters a day, and then the same way about the Republicans, you know, it just didn't make no difference just so they can get some money.

(chuckles) But I didn't give em none.

I figured . . the fact of the business is a fellow running for office, a man or a woman, I'm like the little boy was about the peckerwood. Peckerwood pecked a hole in a hollow tree and he went over in there, and the little boy he drove a peg in behind it. Somebody said to him, “Son,” said, “you shouldn't of done the little bird that way.

” He said, “Well the son-of-a-gun pecked in, now let him peck out. And so I'm that way about a politician. If he wants to get into office, let him get in there (chuckles), but I ain't gonna try to help him. Course, if he's a good guy, I'd talk for him, but as far as paying him in there, I don't go along with that.

Youth Trapping Camp

Youth Trapping Camp

A Youth Trapping Camp is scheduled for over the Columbus Day weekend in western New York this fall. This first of its kind program for the northeast United States is sponsored by The New York State Trappers Association (NYSTA) in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) at DEC’s Camp Rushford in Alleghany County. The Youth Trapping Camp will be held October 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2010. Campers need to plan on arriving about supper time Friday night and stay until after lunch on Monday.

The NYSTA has designed this Youth Trapping Camp to extend and enhance the State’s current 8 hour long Trapper Education Class, which is required of all new trappers regardless of age. The program will allow for in-depth learning of the topics; history and ethics, types and correct uses of traps, disease and biology of management of fur bearers as well as the humane treatment of our naturally renewable resource.
The DEC will issue permits to set traps and possess fur bearers for processing so youth will have the full experience of trapping. There will be an experienced trapping mentor for every one or two youth to insure close hands-on lessons.
This Youth Trapping Camp will be for 12-15 year-olds only. They do not have to have their Trappers Education certificate before the camp as there will be the chance to get it through the scheduled weekend events.

NYSTA is excited about offering this learning opportunity to our young people at a time when there are so many other activities being offered youth of this age and drawing them away from learning about the out-of-doors. There is a fee of $40.00 per student to cover the cost of food and supplies. By State policy there is no charge for instruction for the Trappers Education Class given by NYS volunteer instructors. There is a limit of 25 youth for this camp. NYSTA is also asking for donations to help defray the costs of putting on the Youth Trapping Camp.
The camp will be staffed by NYSTA members with DEC assistance where their expertise is better used. A few other states have similar programs and report them to be wonderful experiences for the young trappers.

Applications for the Youth Trapping Camp and any other information can be obtained from

Pat Arnold at patriciaarno@gmail.com Phone number 315-644-4643

MEC Press for sale

MEC Jr. press 20ga used needs cleanded up a little comes with bottles and bushings. $75.00
& 2 (two) grabbers in 12 ga $150.00 each
The 9000g sold Sunday Thanks Sam!!
Press have some light rust and dirt they need cleaned up but are well worth the money and effort.
A new Jr press is $175.00\
Grabber's go for $430.00



All prices are firm.