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DEC 2-3

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Iron Man Shoot 11/26/00
Sunday at MasterClass indoor range, Monroe 774-guns
Shoot mono-e-mono at another diabolical course devised by MasterClass
Anyone can enter at any level.  You just never know who will shoot fast but miss a lot.

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ORANGE COUNTY

• Gov. fails to show for ground breaking at Stewart Airport.

NEW YORK STATE

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• Forum finds gun control advocates on defensive
• State Police Finally Send Letter to FFLs About New Trigger Lock Laws.
• Some of Gov. Mario Pataki's new gun control laws go into effect on Nov. 1

Anti-gunners writing K-Mart

Both Sides See Momentum in Congress for Gun Control

Rosie O'Donnell's legal resident is FLORIDA

Subject:         Pataki's Symbolic Groundbreaking
Date sent:       Tue., 31 Oct. 2000 16:42:52 -0500

    NYS Gov. Pataki was scheduled to attend a groundbreaking of the I-84 / Drury Lane Interchange proj. at Stewart Airport today.  We also heard that he wasn't coming and that the Lieut. Gov. was to attend.  I can't verify either - we believe that they didn't attend. We were there though to demonstrate/protest against this unnecessary and costly project to the taxpayers of NYS. This project will serve to destroy more than 1,200 acres of land that was taken from the people of NYS in 1971 and intended for a Noise Buffer Zone. Now they want to give it away for development. In the past no one bid on the property when NYS offered it. Pataki keeps trying though. He has already given 2,400 acres (airport) away to a foreign company.   I'll try to summarize the events of the day, with those of you who are interested, along with some of my personal comments. The protest was organized by SPARC.
    Eleven proud citizen/protesters met and carpooled to the airport. We all carried at least one or two signs each. We were allowed to park in a special parking area approx. 1 mile away from the ceremony. We then marched signs in hand to the area adjacent to the groundbreaking. We had to stand in an area along a fence and roadway between two barricades approx. 200
feet apart.
    The symbolic groundbreaking site is approx. 2 miles away from the Interchange proj. site. This may be one time in history that a groundbreaking was held away from the project site. Probably because they didn't want guests to see protesters.
    Only special invited guests were permitted to attend. From a distance we could see: Assembly Tom Kirwan; Town Council Geo. Woolsey; NW Supervisor Geo. Meyer; Nbg. Mayor Mary Crabb; Nbg. Mgr. Harry Porr; Business: Mike DiTullo,
John D'Ambrosio,  Richard O'Beirne, et al; Sen. Larkin.
    There were many policemen on duty for an event of this type, I believe too many.  All of the policemen were nice to us, professional and helpful. One even came to us before the event down the road and guided us to our parking area.
    Most of the media was there and they interviewed us and took pictures - watch the local news later today and tomorrow. Media-one TV, Cable 6 news, RNN News, THR, Hudson Valley News et al.
    The only incident of the day was that Sandra Kissam SPARC Pres. ran into a protest sign that I was putting into my truck. She is OK - just a little bump on the head.
    We need to protest/demonstrate more in the future - it is our 1st Amendment right........
...............Frank Carbone Jr.

The adrenaline rush of fear overtook an emotional public forum and debate on gun control presented last night by the Staten Island Civic Organization.
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?1114guns14.html

1220 WASINGTON AVE.
ALBANY, N.Y. 12226-2252
October 26, 2000
Dear Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer,
    Effective November 1, 20(X), New York State General business Law, section 396-ce, will require you to provide a "gun locking device" with every rifle, firearm and shotgun which you sell, deliver or transfer to another person. Section 396-ee will require you to post, in the place where such rifles, shotguns or firearms are displayed or transferred to the purchaser, a notice conspicuously stating in bold print that: "The use of a locking device or safety lock is only one aspect of responsible firearm storage. For increased safety firearms should be stored unloaded and locked in a location that is both separate from their ammunition and inaccessible to children and any other unauthorized person." In addition, a label containing the quoted language must be either affixed to such rifle, shotgun, or firearm, or placed in the container in which it is sold, delivered, or transferred.
    The same sections of law requires the New York State Police to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth the specific devices or the minimum standards and criteria therefore which constitute an effective gun locking device. The State Police has consulted with a variety of firearms manufactures, dealers and other industry experts in order to minimize the impact of this new requirement on gun dealers in New York State. Efforts were made to devise a set of standards that would avoid the enumeration of physical specifications or the process of rigorous testing. Enclosed please find a copy of New York State Police Rule 17 entitled "Minimum Standards For Gun Locking Devices" which has been promulgated to fulfill this requirement.
    I am sure you will agree that these new requirements will help to improve the safety of our children and homes. Should you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this issue, please contact the State Police at 518-457-1208 or consult our website at www.troopers.state.ny.us.
 Sincerely,
 James W. McMahon Superintendent

NY TIMES 11/14/00
Two states' overwhelming approval of ballot initiatives last week to require background checks at weekend gun shows is prompting advocates of gun control to predict that the incoming Congress might pass legislation that creates a similar federal law.

Even gun-rights organizations like the National Rifle Association, which fought the efforts in both states, Colorado and Oregon, say the time might be right for a bipartisan agreement.

But despite passage in what both sides consider as "pro-gun" states, the success in getting any national law continues to hinge on how long it will take for the checks to be completed.

"It's clear that the votes indicate that in two relatively pro-gun states, a very large percentage of voters approve closing the gun-show loophole," said Michael Barnes, president of Handgun Control Inc., a private organization that works for gun- control laws. "Congress no longer has any excuse to block this kind of common-sense legislation."

Bill Powers, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, said, "Hopefully, we can make some minor adjustments in the legislative process and resolve this once and for all."

The measures in Colorado and Oregon require buyers of guns from unlicensed dealers to pass the same kind of criminal background checks that federally licensed dealers are required to perform, and they bring to 11 the number of states in which all sales are now treated the same.

The Colorado measure passed with 69.9 percent approval. Oregon's passed with 62 percent. The initiatives won a place on the ballot in both states after Republican-controlled Legislatures refused to approve similar measures that the governors — Bill Owens, a Republican, in Colorado, and John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, in Oregon — had said they would sign into law.

The other states with similar laws are California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

The problem with writing national legislation that reflects the intent of the states is that states conduct their checks in different ways and have waiting periods for completion of the sale that vary from right away to, in New York's case, as long as six months. Efforts in Congress last year to close the gun-show loophole failed after House and Senate negotiators could not
agree on whether weekend buyers should have to wait as long as three business days, which many Democrats and Handgun Control favored, or just 24 hours, as many Republicans and the National Rifle Association preferred.

Mr. Powers described the length of the waiting period as one of the minor adjustments that could be made to pass legislation. But Mr. Barnes said it remained the most critical component of any federal legislation because so many states, 34, depend upon the National Instant Check System for their background checks, and for weekend dealers who set up shop for only a day or two, the system is not very instant at all.

Colorado, Oregon and 14 other states use state law enforcement agencies for their background checks, a procedure that officials on both sides of the debate prefer to the national system because state agencies have easier and faster access to the local police and court records that would stop a sale. States' checks often clear purchases the same day the prospective buyer wants a gun. Neither measure approved last week included a time limit for background checks.

Both Handgun Control and the National Rifle Association agree that if all states had the apparatus to conduct background checks, as Colorado and Oregon do, passing federal legislation would be much simpler.

But for now, the states represent a hodge-podge of regulations, including some, like those in Minnesota, that require background checks at weekend shows for handguns and assault weapons but no check of someone who buys a
shotgun.

Here in Colorado, the issue has been especially emotional because the thrust for closing the loophole came directly out of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School. All four weapons used by the two teenage killers had been bought at gun shows without background checks. Robyn Anderson, an 18-year-old friend of the killers, bought three of the guns, a semiautomatic rifle and two sawed-off shotguns. Another friend, Mark Manes, bought the fourth gun, a TEC-DC9 assault pistol, and later sold it to the killers.

Mr. Manes was later sentenced to six years in prison. Ms. Anderson was not prosecuted because at the time no law prevented her from buying the "long guns" from an unlicensed dealer.

An effort to change regulations that would have required Ms. Anderson to submit to a background check was part of a package of gun measures Governor Owens supported in the legislative session that followed the Columbine shootings. The effort failed by a single vote in committee. Ms. Anderson told officials that if she had had to submit to a background check, she would not have bought the guns.

Later, a grass-roots organization formed to collect signatures to put the matter of background checks before the public as a ballot initiative. Local gun-rights groups, backed by $500,000 from the National Rifle Association, strongly opposed the measure.

The Oregon measure reached voters as a ballot initiative after traveling a similar path. It gained impetus as a bill in the Legislature after a school shooting in Springfield, Ore., but failed by a single vote in the State Senate.

After it became apparent that the two ballot initiatives were going to pass, lawmakers from other states, including Arizona and Washington, contacted Handgun Control, seeking help with writing bills that would resemble the initiatives in Colorado and Oregon. And Mr. Barnes said he had been contacted by several Democratic and Republican senators who told him they would like to introduce gun-show legislation in the next Congress.

Whether the next president would support such an effort remains to be seen.
CLICK HERE TO LINK TO THE ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/15/national/15GUNS.html