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MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2024 3rd Tuesday of every month @ 7:00 PM November 19th | The Saratoga / Capital District SCOPE Email Newsletter: Members and Friends of Saratoga / Capital District SCOPE, please find this email with second amendment news that may be of interest to you. Below are news items and firearm related interest stories that occurred over the past few weeks…Including 6 NEW NY LAWS CAPITAL DISTRICT SCOPE RELATED NEWS: The next meeting is at the Clifton Park Sportsman’s Club on November 19th at 7 pm. We are looking for volunteers to follow a particular topic and keep members up to date on it. Do you have something you particularly like and would want to follow it and keep us posted on it? Currently we are looking for someone who would like to follow high school shooting sports in our region and keep up on it to inform our members. The Saratoga / Capital District Chapter has a private website: if you would like to join please click on the link below: https://2a4ny.org/ STATE SCOPE RELATED NEWS: The Scope Legal Update from member Steve Getman is available at the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WK92yTnBsLnNyWq6wKZv9v_GMnD8kQxU/view Summary of SCOPE’s Presidential Update: 1. The By-Laws are under Review. 2. Donations are being made to Lawsuits 3. The president is traveling to all the different SCOPE county chapter meetings to: 1) Synchronize with other 2A organizations in NY State, 2) Increase membership, 3) Continue to educate politicians and the public on 2A friendly legislature and legislature SCOPE does NOT support, 4) develop pro-gun bills in the New York State legislature, and 5) donate to 2A lawsuits and high school shooting sports. 4. Membership is slowly increasing 5. SCOPE is bringing position papers back 6. SCOPE needs three SCOPE members to man the SCOPE election committee. 7. The All Members meeting is scheduled for Saturday April 12, 2025. LOCAL 2A RELATED NEWS: The North Greenbush Police Department reported the arrest of a 16-year-old from Castleton following a weapons investigation. A 14-year-old Columbia High School student had uploaded images of himself holding an illegal handgun. Upon identifying and interviewing the teen at his residence in the Eagle Rock apartment complex, the minor reportedly told police that not only had he stolen the gun from a home in Troy, but he had since been robbed of the weapon by another teen on October 15. Murderous illegal immigrant Venezuelan gang members arrested right here in Rensselaer. They are here. Shootings in Schenectady down nearly 42%, according to state data NEW YORK STATE 2A RELATED NEWS: From Steve Getman: Monroe County drops Second Amendment argument in body armor lawsuit. Monroe County has abandoned the argument made in its response to a federal lawsuit that the Second Amendment does not apply to private citizens. Deputy County Attorney Robert Shoemaker originally made the argument in response to a complaint filed by the Firearms Policy Coalition. The national gun rights nonprofit had sued Attorney General Letitia James and three district attorneys, including Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, over a statewide ban on civilian use of body armor. Shoemaker submitted his original response to the complaint on Sept. 18, including a defense reading: “There was and will be no Constitutional violation in enforcing the statute because the phrase ‘bear arms’ is a 1791-era idiom referring to military or militia service. Plaintiffs have failed to plead their involvement in a militia.” That argument seems to contradict the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in the landmark case District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the majority ruled that the Second Amendment does not just apply to militias. The county’s defense now relies largely on arguments that the coalition failed to state a claim and that the body armor ban has never been enforced in Monroe County. Cortland. A federal judge in New York has issued a permanent injunction against the Cortland Housing Authority (CHA) prohibiting any sort of firearms ban against CHA tenants, in a victory for the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its fellow plaintiffs. New York state gun violence drops to lowest level on record – (Sounds Like Election Year Lies!) Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced reported gun violence in New York state is at its lowest point since the state started tracking the data in 2006. Hochul signs six new gun laws: 1. Legislation S6649/A2882 requires firearms dealers and gunsmiths to post warnings at sites where firearms are sold and distribute warnings at the time of sale. These warnings must state that firearms increase the risk of suicide, death during domestic disputes and/or unintentional death to children. 2. Legislation S7365B/A10053A adds the definition of “pistol converter” to Penal Law Section 265.00, which details definitions relating to firearms. Pistol converter is defined as a device that can be attached to the slide of a semi-automatic pistol and interfere with the trigger mechanism, allowing the user to discharge a number of shots rapidly or automatically with one continuous pull of the trigger. The legislation also amends General Business Law to require the gun industry to take “reasonable steps” to prevent the installation and use of pistol converters on their products. 3. Legislation S3340/A5873 requires the court to notify the statewide registry of orders of protection and warrants when a temporary and/or final extreme risk protection order (ERPO) is issued, ensuring that ERPOs are tracked in the statewide registry of orders of protection and warrants. 4. Legislation A7717B/S8589A allows police agencies instead of individual police officers to be listed as the petitioner in an ERPO proceeding. 5. Legislation S8479A/A9862A Requires credit and debit card issuers to use the firearms and ammunition retailers merchant category code (MCC) created by the International Organization for Standardization in 2022 for businesses whose highest sales value is from the combined sale of firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and it empowers the State Attorney General to bring an enforcement action for any violation that is not cured within 30 days, which can result in fines up to $10,000 for noncompliance. New York becomes the third state, joining California and Colorado, to enact this requirement. 6. Legislation S9760/A10356A requires a firearms licensing officer, upon the issuance of a license, to provide information about statewide resources related to safe storage of firearms, child access prevention and firearm violence prevention, as well as information on specific county and local laws and regulations related to child access prevention and safe storage of firearms. The legislation also requires the State to develop and implement a public awareness campaign regarding safe storage and child access prevention, requires those materials to be provided in digital format and available online, and mandates they be updated annually. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said, “Gun violence is a uniquely American problem that is destroying families and communities across the country. By signing these pieces of legislation into state law, New York continues to lead the nation in common sense and responsible gun ownership and safety. At the federal level, I wrote the anti-gun trafficking statute included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and I am proud to see that this legislation is already making New York streets safer, taking more than 3000 illegal guns off the street and leading to charges against more than 400 defendants. I will continue working with my colleagues in Congress to pass meaningful federal legislation to stop the scourge of gun violence.” A federal district court judge in New York has ruled that the state’s restriction against concealed carry on private property open to the public is unconstitutional. https://www.ammoland.com/2024/10/fed-judge-says-new-yorks-private-property-gun-ban-is-unconstitutional/ Don’t trust Gov. Hochul’s sneaky crime reduction claims — she’s cooked the books. https://nypost.com/2024/10/23/opinion/dont-trust-hochuls-sneaky-crime-reduction-claims/ NATIONAL 2A RELATED NEWS: Supreme Court hears unserialized firearm case. https://www.ammoland.com/2024/10/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-the-atfs-ghost-gun-rule/ ACTION ITEMS: Currently we are looking for someone who would like to follow high school shooting sports in our region and keep up on it to inform our members. COMMENTARY: Trump won. Keep fighting. CLOSING: Thanks for being a member or friend of Saratoga / Capital District SCOPE. I like hearing from you. Feel free to forward articles for the newsletter, especially local stuff to Capnospam@nycap.rr.com |