Attorney Generals' offices press releases: on Gun Control
Daniel Cameron:
Pushes back against overreach threatening 2nd Amendment
Attorney General Cameron continues to push back against government overreach that threatens the Second Amendment. He urged the U.S. Supreme Court to declare New York's subjective-issue carry laws unconstitutional because they prevent law-abiding
citizens from protecting themselves outside of their home. He also opposed the Biden Administration's unlawful attempt to regulate firearm parts under a new rule proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Source: KY Attorney General Press Release, "Government Overreach"
Sep 9, 2022
Ken Salazar:
More background checks for gun purchases
On Ken Salazar's legislative agenda and priorities for consideration by the 2000 General Assembly:- Revise restrictions on information sharing between law enforcement and education officials.
- Require background checks for all gun purchases at
gun shows.
- Include juvenile records in background checks for gun purchases.
- Ban straw-man gun purchases of firearms
- Increase the state age limit from 18 to 21 for handgun purchases at gun shows.
- Require safe storage of firearms at home.
Source: Attorney General's Press Release, "Legislative Priorities"
Jan 7, 2000
Letitia James:
18 gun buybacks took 2,700 firearms off streets since 2019
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that 56 firearms were turned in to law enforcement at a gun buyback event hosted by her office and the Poughkeepsie Police Department. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) accepts--with no
questions asked--working and non-working, unloaded firearms in exchange for compensation on site. To date, Attorney General James has taken nearly 2,700 firearms out of communities through gun buyback events and other efforts since taking office in 2019.
"Over the past year, areas throughout New York state have experienced record high levels of gun violence and devastation," said Attorney General James. "In an effort to crack down on this violence and protect our communities, we held
18 gun buybacks and successfully took nearly 2,100 guns off the streets. Every gun that is turned in at our gun buybacks is a potential tragedy averted and a potential life saved."
Source: N.Y. Attorney General Press Release "Gun Buyback" AG.NY.gov
Dec 4, 2021
Shannon Liss-Riordan:
Treat gun violence as a public health epidemic
While Massachusetts enjoys strong gun laws, it is imperative that we have an Attorney General that knows how to effectively enforce these laws, particularly in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision weakening state-level gun restrictions.
Shannon will hold gun manufacturers accountable and ensure that we treat gun violence as the public health epidemic that it is. Shannon will ramp up enforcement of our state assault weapon ban and prosecution of the use of "ghost guns."
Source: Mass. 2022 Attorney General press release ShannonForAG.com
Sep 6, 2022
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