NY State Offices who represent Orange County NY by Orange County NY Shooters

Enact commonsense laws lie microstamping of guns

We must keep our communities safe. Gun violence remains one our most serious problems. We must enact commonsense gun safety laws, such as requiring the microstamping of guns. Microstamping--a pro-law enforcement, low cost method of expanding the ability of police to identify guns used in illegal activities--would require all new semiautomatic handguns to be equipped with microscopic identifying markings, which are transferred to each cartridge case when the firearm is fired. Source: Campaign website, andrewcuomo.com, "Issues & Agenda" Nov 2, 2010

As NY's AG he had a 5 point plan in 2006:

1) Create a Statewide Coalition of Mayors and County Executives to Stop the Flow of Illegal Guns: Using HUD's Communities for Safer Guns

2) Require Smart Gun Technology: As provided for in the HUD Safe Gun Agreement, ...

3) Require Microstamping of Guns to Help Law Enforcement Track Down Illegal Guns and Solve Crimes: All new semiautomatic handguns sold in New York will be required to be equipped with microstamping technology.

4) Ban Sale of "Saturday Night Specials" or Junk Guns:

5) Fight to Enact Comprehensive Package of Existing Proposals: Enactment of a series of bills will help to curb illegal trafficking and accidental gun violence.

o Prohibiting the sale of weapons to dealers whose guns consistently wind up in the illegal market. Specifically, prohibiting the sale of weapons to dealers who have sold more than 20 weapons in ny 12-month period in the past five years that have been used in crimes or illegally possessed;
o Only selling to dealers who maintain an electronic database including specifications of all guns held in inventory or for sale, and the names and license numbers of all gun buyers;
o Providing full access of records to law enforcement and government regulators;
o Limiting purchases by an individual to one weapon per 30 days in order to prevent individuals from acting as "straw purchasers;"
o Implementing a security plan for securing weapons in transit;
o Prohibiting the sale of weapons at gun shows without a mandatory background check for each sale made at that gun show.

• Gun Dealer and Manufacturer Responsibility Measure (A.9280/Paulin): This bill would establish stricter standards for gun dealers to include improved record keeping, liability insurance, inventory security and mandatory training of salespeople. It would lower the threshold number of guns required for criminal possession and sale of firearms.
• Tracking Guns Involved in Crimes (A.2213/Koon D-Perinton): This bill requires law nforcement personnel to submit ballistic information to the new State police Ballistic Identification Databank whenever spent bullets, shell casings or guns come into their possession. Currently, local law enforcement agencies are NOT required to submit evidence to a centralized crime laboratory/databank. Requiring agencies to do so would facilitate exchange of information, increase the effectiveness of labs and local law enforcement. Although this would not be as effective as microstamping, it is a good solution for identifying guns used in multiple criminal activities. (Passed in NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• Childproofing Firearms (A.2302/Englebright D-Setauket): This bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail) to sell guns without childproof features. Covered under provisions of the bill are pistols or revolvers manufactured 12 or more months after the effective date of the bill. Design features could include making the weapon more difficult to fire by adjusting the trigger resistance of the gun to at least a 10-pound pull, altering the firing mechanism so that an average five-year-old child's hand would be too small to operate the gun or requiring a series of multiple motions in order to fire the gun. (Passed in the NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• Ban Armor Piercing Ammunition (A.2837/Koon D-Perinton): This bill bans armor-piercing ammunition (designed for Gulf War) designed to explode upon impact. More than 140 police and sheriffs departments around the state have signed resolutions.
• Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Violent Felons (A.1170/Dinowitz D-Bronx): This bill eliminates a loophole that allows a convicted violent felon to obtain a firearms license and possess a weapon after being granted a legal waiver. Current law allows a convicted violent felon to possess a rifle or shotgun lawfully after being issued a"certificate of good conduct." Under this legislation, violent felons who are issued a certificate of relief from disabilities or certificate of good conduct would be prevented from obtaining a firearms license. The bill also criminalizes the possession of a rifle or shotgun by a convicted violent felon. (Passed in the NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• Keeping Guns Out of Hands of Domestic Abusers (A.2404/O'Donnell D-Manhattan): This bill seeks to protect victims of domestic violence by requiring criminal or family court judges to inquire about the existence and location of firearms owned or possessed by a defendant when an order of protection is sought. (Passed in NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• Stopping Assault Weapons (A.2466-A/Lavelle D-Staten Island): This bill closes the loopholes in New York State's current assault weapons ban. Seeking to address the void when President Bush and Congress allowed the federal assault weapon ban to expire, the Assembly proposal would expand the definition of assault weapon to prohibit more of these deadly guns in New York - including guns that have been modified to work like assault weapons. (Passed in NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• Banning 50-Caliber Weapons (A.4471-A/Eddington D-Medford (Suffolk County): This bill bans 50-caliber sniper weapons, which can be used to disable commercial aircraft and helicopters and are powerful enough to penetrate steel plating. These dangerous weapons, which are used extensively by the United States military, are accurate from over one mile away. They continue to be available for purchase in New York by anyone who can buy a rifle. The Assembly had sought to include a ban on these weapons in a comprehensive state anti-terrorism law passed two years ago, but the proposal was rejected by the Senate and the governor each time. (Passed in the NYS Assembly in January 2006.)
• The Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act (A.673-A/Weisenberg): This bill seeks to protect children from accidental shootings. Five new categories of crimes against individuals would be created under the bill's provisions for negligent storage of a weapon. Gun retailers would be required to alert consumers about the new weapons storage requirements. The state Education Department would develop a weapons safety program to teach children how to prevent weapon accidents. (Passed by NYS Assembly in January 2006)
• Gun Alteration Prevention (A. 895/Lentol): This bill would prevent the alteration or design of guns to appear to resemble toy guns.