Gun groups plan to sue the state of New York over a new gun control law.
The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association said it and other groups filed a notice of claim Tuesday in state court. The filing means the groups plan to sue the state over the gun control law Governor Andrew Cuomo signed earlier this month.
Among its provisions, that law bans high capacity magazines and guns with certain military features.
The association's vice president of legislative and political affairs, Jacob Rieper, said the suit will try to block the law.
“Cuomo's gun law affects literally millions of people in the state,” Rieper said. “We have no choice basically. It's a shameless infringement of our civil rights.”
The state Attorney General's Office typically defends the state against such lawsuits. That office declined to comment.
A copy of the notice, posted on the association’s web site, shows the other gun groups planning to sue the state are the Westchester Firearms Owners Association, the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education and AR15.COM LLC.
Robert Lewis is a reporter for WNYC. He joined the station in December 2012 after a decade as an ink-stained wretch, working for newspapers across the country. He was previously on the investigations team at Newsday where he reported on prescription drug abuse, problems at a local housing authority and the Long Island Power Authority.
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I hope the law stays in effect. This is going to turn into a very nice black market business in the future. Buy guns/mags anywhere else in the country, ship to NY and tripple profit. Rinse and repeat. In 3 years I am willing to bet that there will be as many illegal rifles and mags in NY as there are legal rifles and mags in TX.
Good for them!!! I'm waiting for the 4 million mother march on the White House grounds myself for the Right to Bear Arms!!! Problem with New York is that you have a select few wanting to infringe on the rights of the majority. Whats really redundant though is you people in N.Y. act as though you have no voices. Prime example is N.Y.C. where idiots want to tell their citizens what to drink and when to drink it, but pass by bars and sidewalk wienny vendors with fatty hotdogs??? People stand up and show some backbone. The same officials have security with guns, question is are you secure??
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