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| New Yorkers Will Have to Provide Social Media Accounts in Order to Buy a Gun |
| 2022-07-03 |
| [Townhall] The New York State Senate approved legislation that would ban concealed weapons from so-called "sensitive locations" and require gun buyers to provide their social media handles and character references. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signed the bill saying that to her, it's "the embodiment of what it means to be an American...in honor of our Fourth of July weekend, I look forward to signing the legislation." With the new law, people who want to purchase a firearm license will have to provide a list of social media accounts they have maintained over the last three years, so officials can verify their "character and conduct." Applicants will also have to prove they have the "essential character, temperament and judgment necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others." According to the measure, applicants will have to complete at least 16 hours of in-person training, and private businesses will be off-limits for firearms unless their owners post conspicuous signage indicating otherwise. Hochul signed the bill into law shortly after the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the proposal, calling it an "extraordinary session." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Thought they liked the "right to privacy"? Will they now demand that the Supreme Court overturn Griswold vs. Connecticut? |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-07-03 13:15 |
| #6 If my LinkedIn account does them any good, it will be more than it has ever done for me. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-07-03 11:39 |
| #5 I guess the people that used to joke about people without social media accounts as being paranoid, aren't laughing now. They are likely busy flushing years of postings and friended lists. But the Internet never forgets. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-03 09:13 |
| #4 It's dumb to have a "social media presence" in this day and age. It will be fun when they get sued senseless for letting people electronically ruin their own lives. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-03 08:51 |
| #3 As usual the left doesn't know how to do anything correctly. This will be totally ignored and have no impact. |
| Posted by: Dale 2022-07-03 08:49 |
| #2 Approved social media sites as an example, Antifa, BLM, DNC, as usual criminals will still be OK to have weapons. |
| Posted by: Dale 2022-07-03 08:47 |
| #1 Better never lose control of the national government there people. Otherwise its one big conspiracy to violate citizens civil rights. Normal Donk practice, just up there with literacy tests to vote (handing the applicant a foreign newspaper to read). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-03 08:01 |