Grass Roots Action Alerts -
Read about the Town of Hamburg NY driving out any FFL's from doing busniess in their town.
Update: It is being reported that the Hamburg Town Board has removed the proposal to ban FFL's in the homes of Hamburg. It seems that their offices were flooded with phone calls from citizens demanding that this proposed law be withdrawn.
Anyone still interested in attending still can, as we are never sure of what politicians might do. Thanks for all who made calls to the board and help make this update possible!
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TO: All FFL Holders in the Town of Hamburg
The Hamburg Town Board is due to vote shortly on Local Law no. 17, the "Home
Occupation Law." Among other prohibitions it includes a section prohibiting having a FFL in any private residence in the Town of Hamburg even though you have obtained a previous variance. It will also prevent the issue of any new licenses.
To read the proposed law, go to: www.townofhamburgny.com
Click on enter, then click "resident services", then look to the left and click on "Legal Notices and Bids". Then click on "Proposed local Law 17" and "Text of Home Occupation Law". They are two different pages.
On the fifth page of the law in prohibited businesses is listed "Stocking firearms sales".
If this law is passed, the ATF will cancel all FFL's located in private residences in the Town of Hamburg. No other municipality in Erie County has such a regulation, not even the City of Buffalo.
It is very important that you and any other interested persons attend the Hamburg Town Board Meeting on Monday, February 14th, 7:00 PM at Hamburg Town Hall. The Board must be told our feelings on this in very clear terms. Please call any friends and associates who would also be against this proposal and are willing to make their voices heard.
This law came thru via the Planning Board and did not receive any general publicity until a short paragraph appeared in The Hamburg Sun on January 27th. It progressed rather quietly. It provides for a $1,000.00 per day fine for any violation.
Now is the time to put a stop to this before it is too late. You can reach Town Officials at the following numbers:
Town Board Members: Switchboard 649-6111
- Councilman Amy Ziegler ext 2283
- Councilman Joe Collins ext 2233
- Councilman Jon Gorman ext 2236
- Supervisor Steve Walters ext 2380
- Building Inspector Kurt Allen ext 2210
The vote is scheduled for, Feb 14th @ 7 PM. in Conference Room 1, located on the first floor of Hamburg Town Hall.
Update: It is being reported that the Hamburg Town Board has removed the proposal to ban FFL's in the homes of Hamburg. It seems that their offices were flooded with phone calls from citizens demanding that this proposed law be withdrawn.
Anyone still interested in attending still can, as we are never sure of what politicians might do. Thanks for all who made calls to the board and help make this update possible!
Anti Gun Legislation -
New York State Legislative Report
Here is a list of all the bills pending and S.C.O.P.E.'s Position Statments
Here is the pending legislation
S.C.O.P.E.'s Position on the pending bills.
| DayBreak Report: BF Calendar Report | Run Date: 08/22/10 10:13 PM | |
| Bill No. | ||
| A801B | Paulin (MS) -- Requires the renewal of firearms licenses after five years outside the city of New York | |
| Same as S 1598-B SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A1093A | Paulin (MS) -- Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals | |
| Same as S 1715-A SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Strongly Oppose | |
| A1326A | Englebright (MS) -- Proscribes persons, firms or corporations engaged in retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms | |
| No same as | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A1477 | Wright (MS) -- Requires police officers who have discharged their weapon in the course of their employment to be tested for the presence of drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Same as S 2592 ADAMS | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: No Objection | |
| A2882B | Koon (MS) -- Provides for the submission of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns to the state police pistol and revolver ballistic identification electronic databank | |
| No same as | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A3076B | Kavanagh (MS) -- Establishes a safety course requirement for firearm license | |
| Same as S 5489 ADAMS | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A4486 | Espaillat (MS) -- Makes provision for the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by the state and local governments | |
| Same as S 7633 PERALTA | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A4516D | Weinstein (MS) -- Relates to the accrual of merit time by certain inmates | |
| Same as S 3438-B MONTGOMERY | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Awaits Review | |
| A5078A | Lentol -- Amends the definition of disguised gun to include certain guns that are designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun | |
| Same as S 725-A JOHNSON C | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A5696D | Kavanagh (MS) -- Requires employees of dealers in firearms and gunsmiths to submit to a criminal background check | |
| Same as S 6676-A SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A5844B | Weisenberg (MS) -- Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act" | |
| Same as S 3098-A SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A6157A | Titone (MS) -- Relates to banning the possession, sale or manufacture of assault weapons; repealer | |
| No same as | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Strongly Oppose | |
| A6468C | Schimel (MS) -- Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition | |
| Same as S 6005-A SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Strongly Oppose | |
| A7574 | Hoyt -- Provides that collateral loan brokers shall store firearms in the same manner as gunsmiths and dealers in firearms are required to store them | |
| Same as S 5465 SCHNEIDERMAN | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
| A8196A | Townsend (MS) -- Allows employment of retired police officers as special security officers for school districts | |
| Same as S 4342-A KRUGER | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: No Objection | |
| A10684 | Nolan -- Extends effectiveness of chapter 425 of 2002 and chapter 101 of 2003 | |
| Same as S 7463 OPPENHEIMER | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Awaits Review | |
| A10910 | Benjamin -- Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor | |
| Same as S 7680 DIAZ | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: No Objection | |
| S3438B | MONTGOMERY -- Relates to the accrual of merit time by certain inmates | |
| Same as A 4516-D Weinstein | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Awaits Review | |
| S4366B | HASSELL-THOMPSON -- Makes technical changes to ensure that certificates of relief from disabilities and good conduct issued by correction department are correctly identified | |
| Same as A 3664-B Aubry | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Awaits Review | |
| S6773A | KLEIN -- Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a weapon, outside the home, while intoxicated | |
| Same as A 10332-A Titone | ||
| SCOPE / GUN BILLS | Pos: Oppose | |
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About S.C.O.P.E.
The Shooter’s Committee on Political Education was founded in 1965 by a group of firearms owners in western New York. SCOPE is a civil rights organization focused on the protection and preservation of the right of firearms ownership as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
It does not align itself with any political party nor does it endorse any candidates for elective office. Our function is to counter assaults on the right of firearms ownership. This entails providing legislators and executives with timely and accurate information to support sound decisions.
SCOPE's Mission Statement
SCOPE'S Mission:
SCOPE’s purpose is to maintain the right of individuals to own and use firearms for lawful purposes. Inform members about antigun/gun owner legislation.
Stop antigun/gun owner legislation in New York State. Educate the public on the positive aspects of firearm ownership, and their Second Amendment rights.
What is S.C.O.P.E.
SCOPE is a New York State Not For Profit Volunteer Organization dedicated to the preservation of the Second Amendment Rights for New York Citizens.
SCOPE will oppose, with all its resources, any proposal that is not based on sound technical grounds or that infringes on the rights of firearms owners for the purpose of promoting a political philosophy, advancing a social theory, or as an emotional response and is not based on clear Constitutional grounds.
