New York Congressman Wants To Punish Gun Store Victims

By Tom Knighton

One thing you shouldn’t expect from most New York lawmakers, and that’s for them to treat anyone in the firearm industry like they’re upstanding citizens. As time marches on, that becomes more and more clear to me.

After all, who else would seek to punish the victims of gun store break-ins. Particularly those who have been targetted multiple times.

Irondequoit Congressman Joe Morelle (D-25) is taking aim at gun stores in new legislation he says would reduce the number of legal guns falling into the hands of the wrong people.

Morelle’s Gun Theft Prevention Act specifically targets gun shops and those who are repeatedly burglarized.

Morelle said his bill would hold gun dealers accountable for failing to keep their inventory safe. Morelle used Chinappi’s Firearms and Supplies in Parma as an example.

Chinappi’s Firearms and Supplies has been burglarized seven times since 2007, including twice in 2018 alone.

Morelle’s bill would grant the authority to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to suspect or potentially even revoke the shop’s license.

However, there’s a key point that Morelle is missing here. In particular, that Chinappi’s was the victim here. They were the victims of a crime, and Morelle’s bill is nothing more than …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms