BREAKING: NY Won’t Implement SAFE Act Ammo Background Checks or Sales Database

By Dan Zimmerman

It’s been a bad few weeks for the illusion of big government competence. “The Cuomo administration’s director of state operations, James Malatras, has signed a memorandum of understanding with State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to undo certain aspects of the New York SAFE Act gun control law, though the major changes affect provisions of the law that were never implemented and that pertain to ammunition sales.” The reason: they don’t have the technological capability to implement an ammunition sales background check system. Nor can they maintain a registration system that would keep track of all ammo sales in the Empire State . . .

According to the Governor’s minions, there’s nothing to see here. Which is why they released word of the setback in a Friday afternoon news dump to attract as little attention as possible.

The Cuomo administration said that nothing about the SAFE Act is changing other than a recognition that an ammunition database can’t begin until the technology is developed to create it.

Gun rights view it pretty much as they would news of 100 state legislators at the bottom of Long Island Sound – a good start.

“It’s a good beginning,” said Tom King, president …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns