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Gun Registration and Ownership Tax Introduced in the New York Senate

 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

 

Please contact members of the Senate Codes Committee!

 

A bill has been introduced in the New York Senate that would require gun owners to register all of their firearms. Senate Bill 2994 has been referred to the Senate Codes Committee, but currently no hearing date has been set.

 

 

Sponsored by state Senator Eric Adams (D-20), S. 2994 would require firearms to be registered with a $15 per gun fee. An additional $10 would be charged annually for renewal. This registration legislation would require gun owners to list the serial number and model of every gun they own, in addition to personal information. Gun owners know that criminals will never register their illegally possessed guns and, in fact, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Haynes v. U.S. (309 U.S. 85 (1968)) that since felons are prohibited from owning firearms, compelling them to register their guns would violate their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. In addition, this ill-conceived legislation would constitute a substantial state tax on gun ownership. Historically, these failed registration schemes have also been very costly for jurisdictions to maintain, and they have been completely ineffective. Registration is a dangerous step toward confiscation and an assault on the Second Amendment.

 

 

Please contact members of the Senate Codes Committee and respectfully ask them to oppose S. 2994. Contact information for this committee is listed below.

They will go to any length.

something needs to be done about senators and such just coming up with bills to get passed, their needs to be a way to control how many bills can be brought up on one subject.

You think NJ sucks, then move to NY or Commiefornia. You'll love NJ a lot better.

Well at least with the preposed law theres a huge catch 22 that some one could probably easily use to make gun registration unconstitutional. If you do not register you firearms that makes you a felon. If you you are a felon then you don't have to register your firearm, which makes you not a felon. If you are not a felon then you then you had to register your fire arms, but you didn't so you are a felon. repeate indefinetly

Yet another feel good piece of legislation that won't impact crime at all. The only way this will impact crime is if someone steals a legally registered gun and uses it for a crime then the original owner can be found...but what good will that do....it amazes me the the lengths some politicians will go to in order to give people a false sense of security. They must think people are mindless drones if they believe that this type of legislation is going to have any impact on crime. All it's going to do is discourage law abiding citizen's from buying and keeping guns for self protection.

 

They are :thsmiley_deadhorse:

It sounds like another liberal attemp to discourage firarms purchase. $15 per gun registration fee with a $10.00 renewal. It's truely amazing that these idiots get elected to office.

Man , the criminals got it made , they get to buy and sell all the guns they want and without any waiting period , they get to have all the extended mags they want and get a load of this , they even get to carry their guns , WOW what was i thinking doing everything the legal way !!!!