A lot has taken place in Albany this past week. The legislative session closed with a frenzy of activity on June 21. Here are updates of what has happened in the sportsmen’s arena. The major legislative issues we looked at in the first half of 2012 :

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Assembly bill A1175B passed by a vote of 85-60. While this is not good news, there are some good things to report about it. First, if you follow this attempt at passing this lousy piece of legislation, you will note that each time it passes the Assembly, less and less votes are PRO-microstamping. This is a sure sign that our legislators in the Assembly are seeing the light that this is a useless, costly, back-door approach at removing more guns from lawful owners. One day the Assembly will vote it down! The good news is, in my conversation with Senator Seward’s Chief of Staff, Duncan Davie, he reiterated to me that the Senate will not even let this bill get out of committee. So, we should not just sit back on this, we must be vigilant and keep a watchful eye on this anti-gun legislation.

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