Albany joined other New York cities like Buffalo, Rochester and the Big Apple this week by enacting a gun storage law that requires both ammunition and firearms to be locked up when not—presumably—in actual use. It adds an unfunded government mandate to the silliness, with a requirement that retailers who sell firearms notify buyers of the statute as well.
We have no objection whatsoever to safe storage, but codification is a routinely terrible idea: Such laws simply cannot take into account all eventualities, and compliance essentially guarantees that a firearm needed in a hurry will never be available. Such laws are intended to ensnare and punish otherwise law-abiding citizens.
If the Albany Common Council was truly serious about “cut(ting) down on gun-related deaths,” they might have troubled themselves to be educated about what actually works, but doesn’t leave New Yorkers defenseless.
Another Do-Nothing “Safe Storage” Ordinance In New York
Latest
Freedom On Display In Dallas
Headlined by President Donald J. Trump’s address, tens of thousands of NRA members gathered earlier this year in Dallas in support of the Second Amendment and your NRA.
Trump Thrills Crowd In Dallas
In what has seemingly become an annual tradition, former President Donald Trump addressed NRA members at this year’s NRA Leadership Forum at the 2024 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Dallas.
NRA Challenges ATF’s Latest Scheme
The NRA argues that the ATF violated the federal Administrative Procedures Act, along with the Second and Fifth Amendments.
The NRA Endorses Trump
Trump’s pro-freedom record speaks for itself and the importance of this endorsement cannot be overstated.
Gun Controllers Line Up Behind Harris
Now that Joe Biden has bowed out of the 2024 election, gun-control groups are rapidly throwing their support behind Kamala Harris.
From the Editor | When the Media Denies Reality
This little scene witnessed in the West Wing showed a deep elitist bias that too much of the mainstream media has for our Second Amendment freedom.
SECTIONS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
EXPLORE MORE NRA PUBLICATIONS
