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On April 25, 2007 the Assembly passed its annual anti-gun bill day package and will do so again in the coming 2008 session. During the debate on the 50 caliber ban bill Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera (D-Bronx) equated hunters with irrational killers."I don’t believe there is a peaceful way to use a gun" declared Ms Rivera "when a sportsman chooses to hunt he uses a gun to kill, I don’t believe when a person takes a life they are being rational". Shortly after Ms River insulted you, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples (D-Buffalo) used the time tested "killing Bambi" remark referring to hunters, as she voiced her support for this bill. The parade of Assembly Democrats insulting you and degrading your sport would have been endless had it not been for time limits.

As usual the complete package of anti-gun bills passed that day and included these bills:

• A76 Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act which would mandate firearms and ammunition storage requirements. Would criminalize a gun owner whose guns are stolen and used in a crime.
• A829 would ban any gun that could be operated by a child, mandate design criteria for child proof guns.
• A2772 .50 caliber rifle ban bill bans all rifles of .50 caliber and over including rifled barrel shotguns.
• A3447 bans the possession of armor piercing, frangible and devastator ammunition; this ban would include just about all rifle and handgun ammunition.
• A3451 would dramatically expand the failed CoBIS ballistic database system.
• A6525 mandates restrictive business practices for gun dealers designed to force them out of business.
• A7331 expanded assault weapon ban that would include many more commonly owned rifles, shotguns and handguns and give the State Police the power to ban any semi-auto as an assault weapon regardless of characteristics.

New legislation that is coming from the anti-gun cabal of the Assembly and Senate will include:

• New licensing requirements for muzzleloaders similar to a handgun license.
• Expansion of the types of guns included in the CoBIS system.
• Requirements that manufacturers include micro stamping features in their products.
• A new push for a renewable pistol license and mandatory training requirements for a pistol license.
• Gun show restrictions designed to drive them out of business.

The Assembly Democrats pass this package of bills every session and so far they never advance in the Senate. 2008 will be a critical election year when many believe that the state Senate will be taken over by the Democratic Party. When that happens these bills will be passed by both houses and most likely signed into law by Governor Spitzer.

The passage of these bills into law will be the end of your gun rights in New York and the end of the hunting and shooting sports.

If you are a hunter and don't believe they will ever take away your hunting guns, you are in denial!

If you are a trap and skeet shooter that believes they will never take your guns, you are in denial!

If you own a handgun for self protection and you think they will not bother you because you have a license, you are in denial!

When a legislator from the party that will eventually control all of our State government equates you with irrational killers and claims there is no peaceful use for guns, that should be screaming to you that they are coming for your guns, ALL OF THEM!

Wake up people, if you are not actively involved in protecting your rights, you will have no one to complain to when they take your guns.

Ken Mathison, President