NY Legislature Votes to Raise Age to Buy Semi-Auto Rifles, More Gun Control Bills to Come

By Marina Villanueve, AP New York’s legislature voted Thursday to ban anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo. The bill raising the … Read more

New York to Add Hunting and Fishing to High School Curriculum?

“Hunting and fishing could soon enter physical education curriculum in high schools throughout the state if a bill is passed in the Assembly,” watertowndailytimes.com reports. That’s a big “if.” The New York state legislature has torpedoed this idea for the last ten years. Though this year’s version made it to the Senate floor, Bill S1625 — “an act to amend … Read more