One other provision that the NY legislature did get entirely right was the protection of privacy for the permitted firearms owners in NY so that the media will no longer be able to print the names of firearms owners and addresses in the paper.


I am fine with legislation that accomplishes the goal of reducing crime, but since Ney York had exactly 5 murders in 2011 committed with rifles, and 160 with knives or other cutting instruments, why would they not include knife registries in their bill?

Again, legislating the sexy item, and not necessarily what really is the issue.