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I thought they did this already?? Anyone up in Long Island or near to assist me here??
MY concerns are how the arguements were presented, and how the mindset of TPTB will use for other banning...that is if there is anything else is left to ban...
Steve
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(NY)-Bill would outlaw BB guns for kids
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lirif0412,0,3775931.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
Bill would outlaw BB guns for kids
BY SID CASSESE
Newsday Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
Three Nassau County legislators yesterday fired what they consider an opening salvo at the practice of minors buying hard-firing BB, pellet, and paint-ball guns.
They gathered for an unusual news conference at the Nassau County Rifle and Gun Range in Uniondale, where police officers shot out glass windows, soda cans and an apple to display the power of some of the targeted weapons.
"In light of recent news events involving the hospitalization of two youngsters shot in the eye and abdomen, and massive property damage in nearby communities, I believe we have to keep these potentially dangerous weapons out of the hands of minors," Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick) said against the din of guns fired in adjoining range rooms.
A proposed law, due for committee review on April 24, would ban selling to those under 18 any pellet, BB, or paint-ball gun that shoots projectiles 350 feet per second or more.
Also, retailers would be required to post notice of the law conspicuously and store such guns behind the counter in a locked case. Violators could be fined up to $1,000 per offense.
Legis. Joseph Scannell (D-Baldwin), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, noted that the latest available statistics, from 2001, show 18,000 hospital-treated injuries from BB and pellet guns, including 2,000 severe eye cases.
Deputy Chief of Patrol Wayne Atkins cited a rise in pellet and BB-gun-related crimes -- 19 cars and 11 high school windows in Elmont last month and three cars in Oceanside in February.
For Atkins it was personal, too. He told of how his brother once was hit in the eye with a BB, and "it made him half-blind all of his life."
MY concerns are how the arguements were presented, and how the mindset of TPTB will use for other banning...that is if there is anything else is left to ban...
Steve
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(NY)-Bill would outlaw BB guns for kids
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lirif0412,0,3775931.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
Bill would outlaw BB guns for kids
BY SID CASSESE
Newsday Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
Three Nassau County legislators yesterday fired what they consider an opening salvo at the practice of minors buying hard-firing BB, pellet, and paint-ball guns.
They gathered for an unusual news conference at the Nassau County Rifle and Gun Range in Uniondale, where police officers shot out glass windows, soda cans and an apple to display the power of some of the targeted weapons.
"In light of recent news events involving the hospitalization of two youngsters shot in the eye and abdomen, and massive property damage in nearby communities, I believe we have to keep these potentially dangerous weapons out of the hands of minors," Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick) said against the din of guns fired in adjoining range rooms.
A proposed law, due for committee review on April 24, would ban selling to those under 18 any pellet, BB, or paint-ball gun that shoots projectiles 350 feet per second or more.
Also, retailers would be required to post notice of the law conspicuously and store such guns behind the counter in a locked case. Violators could be fined up to $1,000 per offense.
Legis. Joseph Scannell (D-Baldwin), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, noted that the latest available statistics, from 2001, show 18,000 hospital-treated injuries from BB and pellet guns, including 2,000 severe eye cases.
Deputy Chief of Patrol Wayne Atkins cited a rise in pellet and BB-gun-related crimes -- 19 cars and 11 high school windows in Elmont last month and three cars in Oceanside in February.
For Atkins it was personal, too. He told of how his brother once was hit in the eye with a BB, and "it made him half-blind all of his life."
