It’s Your Second Amendment – Read and Weep, or ACT! The Choice is Yours!

NYSRPA-alert – NYSRPA calls for Attorney General Schneiderman to investigate advertising agency for gun law violations.
Video produced for gun control group appears to show multiple felony violations of city and state law.

NYSRPA-Alert – Congressman Steve Israel (NY-03) called on ATF to reevaluate the decision and immediately ban 5.56 mm M855 green tip ammunition,
Additionally, Rep. Israel announced the Modernize Law
Enforcement Protection Act that would extend the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to include all bullets that can pierce body armor and be used in handguns.

NYSRPA-Alert – President Obama remains committed to “common-sense” gun regulations,
Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) ripped the ATF, saying their decision to delays ammo bans puts
police officers in danger.

NYSRPA-alert – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he won’t rush!
Cuomo championed the SAFE Act that was passed by the state Legislature in the wake of the Newtown, Conn.. school shootings in December 2012, and a provision of the law would require gun dealers to run a background check on anyone buying ammunition in New York.

NYSRPA-alert – U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice! — would expand the existing background check system while providing ‘reasonable exceptions for family and friends’. NOT WHAT IT SEEMS?
U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today joined a
bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members to introduce new legislation that would expand the existing background check system to cover all commercial firearm sales, including those at gun shows, over the internet or in classified ads, while providing reasonable exceptions for family and friend transfers. H.R. 1217, officially titled thePublic Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015, was authored by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Peter King (R-NY).

SCOPE-backed “Repeal” Bills in Albany! — Urge your representatives to do what they were elected to do!
Do you remember how you felt when the 3 men in a room rammed through the NY Secure Ammunition Firearms Enforcement Act and because of an acronym fooled the downstate people that it was somehow keeping them safe? Take a moment to complete the auto letter and get aboard with the battle to restore our 2nd amendments rights denied to us by our legislators.

NYSRPA-alert – SCOPE lobby day March 3rd
In the spirit of cooperation and camaraderie that our sport is known for; the NYSRPA would like to announce that SCOPE will hold a Lobby Day on March 3, 2015 and we urge our members to contact your legislators in person or by phone that day.

BATFE To Ban Common AR-15 Ammo (NRA-ILA)
In a move clearly intended by the Obama Administration to suppress the acquisition, ownership and use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives unexpectedly announced today that it intends to ban commonplace M855 ball ammunition as ?armor piercing ammunition.?

Orleans Legislature will again push for repeal of SAFE Act (NYSRPA)
The Orleans County Legislature has gone on the record several times the past two years, stating its opposition to the SAFE Act.

Your Action Urgently Needed to Prevent BATFE from Banning Common Rifle Ammunition!
Oppose BATFE?s Expansion of the Federal “Armor Piercing” Ammo Ban and Tell Congress to Act.

Gun groups launch new push for concealed-carry legislation (The Hill)
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other Second Amendment advocates are throwing their weight behind the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced in both chambers of Congress that would allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines.

Interstate Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition Bill Introduced (NRA-ILA)
U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) recently introduced H.R. 131, a bill that would more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition for law-abiding gun owners.