13 counties (76 percent of the Western District of NY) will NOT prosecute the SAFE Act capacity limit provision JANUARY 16, 2019 – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Joining their colleagues in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Allegany, Steuben, Ontario, Livingston, Monroe, and Yates Counties, Cattaraugus County District Attorney Lori Pettit Rieman, Genesee County District Attorney Lawrence Friedman, and […]
Number of WNY counties no longer prosecuting the SAFE Act capacity limit provision grows to ten JANUARY 14, 2019 – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Joining their colleagues in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Allegany, and Steuben Counties, the district attorneys’ offices of Ontario, Livingston, Monroe, and Yates Counties have stated they will not enforce the SAFE Act seven-round […]
New Yorkers were treated to a gratuitous display of progressive back patting at Barnard College on Monday. Flanked by failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Governor Andrew Cuomo trotted out his personal collection of far-left acolytes to worship at the altar of his “reproductive health” agenda. This was a curious sight to see given that a […]
Number of WNY counties no longer prosecuting the capacity limit provision of the SAFE Act grows to six JANUARY 10, 2019 – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Joining his colleagues in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Allegany, and Wyoming Counties, Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker directly stated on Wednesday he is not enforcing the SAFE Act seven-round capacity limit. […]
Number of WNY counties no longer prosecuting the capacity limit provision of the SAFE Act grows to five JANUARY 8, 2019 – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Joining their colleagues in Erie, Niagara, and Chautauqua Counties, Allegany County District Attorney Keith A. Slep and Wyoming County District Attorney Donald O’Geen directly stated this week they are not […]
Attorney James Ostrowski updates David Mongielo on his 2019 legal battles to destroy NY gun control. – 30 – James Ostrowski, Esq. is a trial and appellate lawyer and libertarian writer from Buffalo, N.Y. He served as vice-chairman of the law reform committee of the New York County Lawyers Association (1986-88) and wrote two […]
SAFE Act court challenges set for new year Mike Desmond | WBFO News – While New York’s SAFE Act has been in effect for just under six years, gun rights supporters are still pushing hard against the law and the state’s complicated system of issuing hand gun permits. It was just over a […]
Bill requiring social media review for pistol permit applicants violates First, Second, and 14th Amendments BUFFALO, N.Y. – New legislation submitted in the New York State Senate, Bill S9191, would require social media content checks before a state resident could receive or renew their pistol permit. The bill says state licensing officials […]
Recent SAFE Act non-enforcement decision in Erie County precedes major legal challenges to unconstitutional gun restrictions BUFFALO, N.Y. – When four men were pulled over one evening earlier this month near Buffalo’s Alma Ave. and Olympic Ave., the weapons charges they received from police reignited a debate surrounding the handgun magazine capacity limit […]