Gun Policy News
New York County Bullet Bill Draws Heavy Fire, Re-election Threats
27 May 2009
Albany Times-Union (New York)
ALBANY — Some 200 people jammed into the County Legislature chambers Tuesday night, nearly all to send a message to legislators that a proposed law requiring gun shops to register ammunition sales won't stop crime but could halt re-election bids.
"The people of your towns, villages and cities are fed up with politics as usual, taxes and politicians who don't listen …," said Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and an NRA board... (GunPolicy.org)