RJ
06-18-2006, 03:44 PM
NEW JERSEY
Jersey City Update Based on objections and concerns raised by gun owners at a June 14 public hearing, the Jersey City Council voted down two proposed anti-gun ordinances and is replacing them with substitute ordinances that are somewhat less harsh, but still unacceptable. Ordinance # 06-075, which would have banned the purchase of more than one handgun every six months, was unanimously defeated, and according to Jersey City officials is being replaced with a new ordinance that would ban the purchase of more than one handgun every month.
Ordinance # 06-074, which misleadingly labeled compact and affordable defense guns as "junk guns" and "Saturday night specials," was also unanimously defeated and according to officials is being replaced with a new ordinance that grandfathers existing owners of the banned guns and may provide a mechanism for citizens to individually petition to have their firearms exempted. At press time, we still did not have copies of the new ordinances or their new numbers, but they are expected to be heard at a June 28 meeting of the Jersey City Council. Please mark your calendars for the June 28 hearing and watch for follow-up alerts with analysis of the new ordinances and action items for this meeting.
NEW YORK
On June 13, introductory resolution IR-1738-2006 was introduced in the Suffolk County Legislature by Legislator Kate Browning. It would stop all ongoing actions and efforts to reopen the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. The range is/was scheduled to reopen on July 1, 2006, but if this resolution passes out of the Parks & Recreation Committee and is brought to the floor of the full County Legislature, it may not open at all.
The next Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21, at 11:00 a.m., at the Suffolk County Legislative Building, Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788, (631) 853-4000. Please plan to attend this public hearing and urge the Committee members to oppose IR-1738-2006. Only large numbers of people can and will influence the members of this committee, of which Ms. Browning is a member. We can, and we must, persuade the committee and/or the County legislature to do the right thing and reopen the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. If the County government wasn't enough to deal with, now we also have a group called the Pine Barrens Commission, which claims it too, might have jurisdiction over whether or not the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range can reopen without its permission.
The next meeting of the Pine Barrens Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21, at 2:00 p.m., at the Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, (631) 451-9100. Unfortunately, the Suffolk County Parks & Recreation Committee meeting and the Pine Barrens Commission meeting are being held on the same day and in two different places, but attendance is needed at both meetings. Please try to attend both meetings. If you are unable to attend, please call to express your strong opposition to closing the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. For more information about the attempt to close Suffolk County Trap & Skeet, please visit http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/State.aspx?ST=NY.
Jersey City Update Based on objections and concerns raised by gun owners at a June 14 public hearing, the Jersey City Council voted down two proposed anti-gun ordinances and is replacing them with substitute ordinances that are somewhat less harsh, but still unacceptable. Ordinance # 06-075, which would have banned the purchase of more than one handgun every six months, was unanimously defeated, and according to Jersey City officials is being replaced with a new ordinance that would ban the purchase of more than one handgun every month.
Ordinance # 06-074, which misleadingly labeled compact and affordable defense guns as "junk guns" and "Saturday night specials," was also unanimously defeated and according to officials is being replaced with a new ordinance that grandfathers existing owners of the banned guns and may provide a mechanism for citizens to individually petition to have their firearms exempted. At press time, we still did not have copies of the new ordinances or their new numbers, but they are expected to be heard at a June 28 meeting of the Jersey City Council. Please mark your calendars for the June 28 hearing and watch for follow-up alerts with analysis of the new ordinances and action items for this meeting.
NEW YORK
On June 13, introductory resolution IR-1738-2006 was introduced in the Suffolk County Legislature by Legislator Kate Browning. It would stop all ongoing actions and efforts to reopen the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. The range is/was scheduled to reopen on July 1, 2006, but if this resolution passes out of the Parks & Recreation Committee and is brought to the floor of the full County Legislature, it may not open at all.
The next Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21, at 11:00 a.m., at the Suffolk County Legislative Building, Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788, (631) 853-4000. Please plan to attend this public hearing and urge the Committee members to oppose IR-1738-2006. Only large numbers of people can and will influence the members of this committee, of which Ms. Browning is a member. We can, and we must, persuade the committee and/or the County legislature to do the right thing and reopen the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. If the County government wasn't enough to deal with, now we also have a group called the Pine Barrens Commission, which claims it too, might have jurisdiction over whether or not the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range can reopen without its permission.
The next meeting of the Pine Barrens Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21, at 2:00 p.m., at the Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, (631) 451-9100. Unfortunately, the Suffolk County Parks & Recreation Committee meeting and the Pine Barrens Commission meeting are being held on the same day and in two different places, but attendance is needed at both meetings. Please try to attend both meetings. If you are unable to attend, please call to express your strong opposition to closing the Suffolk County Trap & Skeet Range. For more information about the attempt to close Suffolk County Trap & Skeet, please visit http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/State.aspx?ST=NY.