Sentences with phrase «of gun licenses»

It could also lead to the revocation of gun licenses.

In addition to Harrington and Grant, a handful of other police officials have been arrested and accused of accepting bribes in exchange for handing out of gun licenses to unqualified applicants.

Conviction of domestic - related crimes now will also require the loss of a gun license and the surrender of all firearms.

The new bill «expands the list of «serious» crimes that require the loss of a gun license and the surrender of all firearms to ensure no domestic abuser in New York retains the ability to possess a firearm once convicted of a disturbing crime.»

The new law bolsters the list of «serious» crimes which require the loss of a gun license and the surrender of all firearms upon conviction — including misdemeanors.

And the Texas Senate has already passed a bill that provides a cause of action for anyone discharged for having a gun on an employer's parking lot that has complied with a convoluted scheme involving the employee providing his supervisor a written statement that he has a gun, along with copies of the gun license and allowing the employer to provide an alternative place for storage.

Not exact matches

NICS doesn't reflect the exact number of firearms sold in the U.S. — it doesn't account for people purchasing multiple guns at one time, gun sales that don't involve a federally licensed dealer, or buyers who don't pass background checks.

People purchasing guns from federally licensed firearms dealers must undergo background checks, and those transactions can be blocked if they fall into any of 10 categories.

If you've had your fingerprints taken as part of a background check to, say, get a driver's license or a job, or to buy a gun, the results likely live in the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS).

Other wealthy countries have dealt with this problem, passing an array of gun control measures, from universal background checks to licensing requirements to outright bans and confiscation schemes.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal plans to sign a sweeping gun bill that would allow licensed gun owners to carry their firearms into a nearly unprecedented amount of public places, including bars, government buildings and a vast amount of public places.

In a showcase trial, they were found not guilty, and in the ensuing days the gun shop owner pleaded guilty of trafficking guns, his license was revoked, and the shop was closed down.

We hear a lot of stats from the counties about how many licensed gun owners have filed opt - out forms for public disclosure, but absolutely nothing about how many citizens are rushing in to register their «assault weapons.»

As Bobson rightly states in his comment, a legal solution to the issue posed by HIPAA protections would be consent to confirm the state of your mental health, prior to being issued a gun license.

► David Villanueva - Sgt. Villanueva, who also worked in the NYPD's License Division, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty after the US Attorney charged Lichtenstein with bribing officers in the division for access to gun licenses for his friends.

► Richard Ochetal - The officer assigned to the NYPD's License Division was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty along with Sgt. David Villanueva following Lichtenstein's arrest.

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

King's bill would bar licensed firearms dealers from selling guns or explosives to any individual the U.S. Attorney General has put on a list of suspected terrorists.

«There's great concern in that very sensitive division that individuals had inappropriate connectivity into that division and circumvented some of the extraordinary safeguards we've built in to ensure only appropriate people get gun licenses and gun permits,» Bratton said.

Deacon backs a bill in Congress from Rep. Peter King, R - Long Island, that would ban licensed firearms dealers from selling guns or explosives to any individual on the nation's no - fly list of suspected terrorists.

Alex Lichtenstein is accused of bribing NYPD officers for gun license permits, prosecutors said.

The reports would include what state and county the guns came from, where they were originally purchased, whether they were bought by the perpetrator of the crime or a third party, and whether those who committed the crimes had gun licenses.

A gun registration would no longer be made public without a request for a waiver and a database with information on licenses would be housed with the Division of Criminal Justice Services, not the State Police.

Clinton is making gun violence a central theme of her campaign, becoming the first leading presidential candidate to directly confront the National Rifle Association without the cover of a hunting license.

The NYPD has revoked the gun carry permits of more than two dozen people who got them through a shady middleman indicted for bribing NYPD cops working in the department's Licensing Division, sources tell the NY Post.

In return, Grant allegedly helped Reichberg and his associate expedite applications for gun licenses, getting the associate out of traffic tickets, court records state.

Among the questions: why would it be bad (in the mayor's view) for Tim Wu, who is to the left of Kathy Hochul, to be LG, how does the mayor square City safety concerns with Hochul's past stances on guns, whether as a past New York City Public Advocate de Blasio supports Tim Wu's idea that the lieutenant governor should act as a statewide public advocate, Hochul's current views on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, whether Hochul supports NYC's municipal ID program and why Hochul and Andrew Cuomo have refused to debate their primary opponents.

Lawsuit Filed Against Journal News Sparked By Map of Gun Owners A lawsuit has been filed against The Journal News by a business that claims its reputation suffered after the newspaper published an interactive map of licensed gun owners in the area, following the massacre in Newtown, Conn..

Of course she was less liberal back then, when she bragged about the guns under her bed and opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

Two other officers from the NYPD License Division have also been stripped of their guns and badges during the probe for allegedly taking bribes from a Borough Park - based businessman, who was arrested for allegedly arranging gun permits for friends and clients for up to $ 18,000 each.

Lichtenstein — a member of Shomrim, the Orthodox Jewish crime - prevention group in Borough Park — approached an NYPD officer in April and offered thousands of dollars in cash bribes to secure gun licenses for associates, federal prosecutors said.

But hey since the average time to crime rate per the ATF in the US is 14 years, the number of felons buying their firearms from licensed dealers continues to fall 1994 14 % to 2008 5.96 %, and the poster child of all gun control laws is enforced less than 1 % of the time, alowing all but 13,024 felons out of just under 1 million of those rejected to go free and acquire their firearms from an unlicensed source is such startling evidence of how INEFFECTIVE our legal system is.

«It is so harebrained to think that we are actually attempting to address the serious issue of gun violence with a new license plate,» Hoylman said.

Eight other officers — the majority are high - ranking officials — have been disciplined so far in the growing scandal, including a sergeant and an officer in the NYPD License Division who are suspected of taking money in exchange for helping applicants obtain gun permits.

Pistol - packin» Bernardo (she carries a licensed handgun) was the darling of gun owners during her brief (two - year term) as county chairman.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about New Yorkers re-certifying gun licenses, and the prospect of changing the school year.

The controversial SAFE act requires licensed gun owners to recertify all firearms within a period of five years.

The importance of this statutory prohibition in the SAFE Act is to allow gun permit holders and applicants for licenses to have a fair opportunity to request an exemption from the release of their names and addresses from the application before it becomes a public record.

In addition to the arrest, three NYPD officers who were part of the division that processes gun licenses, faced administrative charges related to the widening probe.

The Shomrim was part of an ongoing federal probe involving two businessmen and a number of NYPD supervisors — and in 2016, the FBI investigated what role the supervisors may have played in securing gun licenses for members of Shomrim.

Another change would no longer allow for gun registrations to be made public and give counties and the state Division of Criminal Justice Services more oversight of the license recertification process, not State Police.

He noted that many local civilian licensed gun carriers belonged to gun clubs and spent more time at the range than the 16 hours each year required of active law enforcement officers.

The recent New York State gun legislation, and proposed chapter amendments, has potential impacts to the County Clerk's role when administrating the filing of pistol or revolver license records.

The bill would bar licensed firearms dealers from selling guns or explosives to any individual on the nation's no - fly list of suspected terrorists who are banned from airline travel.

This is really cool: the owners and employees of the Wyoming - based manufacturer all hold their own CCW licenses, so they're very familiar with the needs of a gun owner.

To estimate gun sales during the months after the shooting, Levine and McKnight looked at the number of federal background checks on individuals seeking to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer as a proxy.

Levine and McKnight used the number of background checks reported to the government by federally licensed gun dealers as a proxy for gun sales.

This is but one species and takes no note of the licensed toll of game taken by Africans carrying muzzle - loading guns.

Similarly, the majority of gun owners (67 percent) also support allowing cities to sue licensed gun dealers when the gun dealer's sales practices allow criminals to obtain guns and requiring a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for a person convicted of knowingly selling a gun to someone who can not legally have one (71 percent).