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Friday March 19, 2004
By MADISON J. GRAY
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) A local antigun advocacy group has teamed up with Brooklyn City Councilman David Yassky in support of legislation to make gun dealers and manufacturers liable for injuries or deaths caused by firearms they sell.
Yassky spoke Thursday at a meeting of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, a nonprofit organization that advocates for stronger gun control laws. He said the gun laws in New York State are strong, but that the proposed resolution, known as the Gun Industry Responsibility Act, would combat gun trafficking from out of state.
``Gun traffickers have to go to other states ... and then come back here with the guns and sell them on the street to criminals,'' said Yassky, who helped sponsor the proposed bill last October.
If passed, the legislation would make gun manufacturers and dealers who fail to abide by a code of conduct financially liable for injury or death by firearms they make or sell.
Yassky said he believes the measure has a good chance of passing. He said backers need to communicate their support to other council members, especially City Council Speaker Gifford Miller.
``The voices in favor of this bill have got to be louder to the speaker,'' Yassky said.
Andy Pelosi, executive director of NYAGV, said his group plans to put as much pressure as possible on the council to pass the bill.
``We're going to be fighting really hard,'' he said. ``If it doesn't pass, we're going to have to put it at the speaker's feet.''
Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has shown support for strengthening state gun laws.
In a letter he wrote on Thursday to State Sen. Joseph Bruno and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Bloomberg called for lowering the number of gun sales required to charge defendants with a top-level felony.
Under current law, defendants can only be charged with the top-level felony for selling 20 or more guns. Bloomberg said that number should be dropped to 10.
Yassky said he had not yet seen Bloomberg's letter and could not comment
Friday March 19, 2004
By MADISON J. GRAY
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) A local antigun advocacy group has teamed up with Brooklyn City Councilman David Yassky in support of legislation to make gun dealers and manufacturers liable for injuries or deaths caused by firearms they sell.
Yassky spoke Thursday at a meeting of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, a nonprofit organization that advocates for stronger gun control laws. He said the gun laws in New York State are strong, but that the proposed resolution, known as the Gun Industry Responsibility Act, would combat gun trafficking from out of state.
``Gun traffickers have to go to other states ... and then come back here with the guns and sell them on the street to criminals,'' said Yassky, who helped sponsor the proposed bill last October.
If passed, the legislation would make gun manufacturers and dealers who fail to abide by a code of conduct financially liable for injury or death by firearms they make or sell.
Yassky said he believes the measure has a good chance of passing. He said backers need to communicate their support to other council members, especially City Council Speaker Gifford Miller.
``The voices in favor of this bill have got to be louder to the speaker,'' Yassky said.
Andy Pelosi, executive director of NYAGV, said his group plans to put as much pressure as possible on the council to pass the bill.
``We're going to be fighting really hard,'' he said. ``If it doesn't pass, we're going to have to put it at the speaker's feet.''
Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has shown support for strengthening state gun laws.
In a letter he wrote on Thursday to State Sen. Joseph Bruno and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Bloomberg called for lowering the number of gun sales required to charge defendants with a top-level felony.
Under current law, defendants can only be charged with the top-level felony for selling 20 or more guns. Bloomberg said that number should be dropped to 10.
Yassky said he had not yet seen Bloomberg's letter and could not comment