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Please Continue Contacting the Members of the County Law CommitteeOn Monday, July 27, the Albany County Law Committee once again postponed Local Law “A” at the request of the bill sponsor, Phillip Steck. Local Law “A” will now be tabled until next month’s meeting on Monday, August 24.
Local Law “A” would require that a valid firearms license be shown when purchasing ammunition in Albany County. The law would also mandate that retailers keep a record of all ammunition sales, including the type, caliber, and quantity of the ammunition, the make, model and serial number of the firearm it is for, as well as the purchaser’s name and address.
Local Law “A” would also create a secondary method of gun registration for both long guns and handguns. Congress has experimented with ammunition registration in the past, only to discover that it was not only ineffective for law enforcement, but completely unmanageable due to the sheer volume of transactions. Ammunition registration creates huge and cumbersome record-keeping requirements and provides no useful benefits for law enforcement. It was repealed at the federal level by the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.
Please contact the members of the Law Committee and voice your opposition to Local Law “A.” Contact information for the members of the Law Committee can be found below.
George L. Infante - District 1
9 McDonald Road
Albany, NY 12209
Home: (518) 449-5822
Christopher T. Higgins - District 6
88 Dove Street
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 320-8580
christopher.higgins@albanycounty.com
Donald W. Rahm - District 9
271 South Main Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
Phillip G. Steck - District 15
12 Paul Holly Drive
Loudonville, NY 12211
Phone: (518) 463-7786
psteck@nycap.rr.com
Robert J. Beston - District 16
1406 6th Avenue
Watervliet, NY 12189
Home: (518) 272-1038
Shawn M. Morse - District 18
PO Box 402
Cohoes, NY 12047
(518) 470-4126
smorse@nycap.rr.com
William M. Hoblock - District 26
20 DeLucia Terrace
Loudonville, New York 12211
Home: (518) 465-2906
whoblock@nycap.rr.com
Patrice Lockart - District 27
12 Peach Tree Lane
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 456-3866
plockart@nycap.rr.com
Bryan M. Clenahan - District 30
30 Woodlake Road
Albany, NY 12203
Telephone: (518) 464-7601
bryan.clenahan@albanycounty.com
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