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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Gun owners have until Wednesday to file an exemption if they want to keep their information private.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Onondaga County will alert the media when a request is made for the names and addresses of pistol permit holders.

Monday, May 06, 2013  New York Sen. Charles Schumer says the ability for making an untraceable and undetectable gun with a 3D printer is "stomach-churning."

Saturday, April 20, 2013  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is already haunted by his campaign promise to conduct the most transparent administration in history, a claim good-government groups and observers say has fallen far short.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Authorities have arrested a man for allegedly threatening New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney over her proposed gun control legislation.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Key measures of New York's tough new gun law have kicked in, meaning owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons are required to register the guns. There are also new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  The Senate's top Democrat says there will be a showdown vote on Thursday on his party's effort to enact new gun restrictions.

Monday, April 08, 2013  President Barack Obama says the contentious debate over gun control measures "shouldn't be about politics." He's warning Republican lawmakers against using delay tactics to sink legislation.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  New York's attorney general says three more gun show operators have agreed to rules designed to make sure weapons aren't sold to prohibited buyers.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  State officials say it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair damage to the grass in a downtown Albany park where opponents of New York's gun-control law held a large rally outside the Capitol.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on what they're calling some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the mass school shooting in the state in December.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York will spend $27.74 million to develop the first statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun control law.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Some residents in Newtown, Conn., say they're outraged at receiving robocalls from the National Rifle Association only three months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  Hundreds came out to Syracuse's Inner Harbor to send a clear message to lawmakers in Albany. This group rallying today was speaking out against the New York SAFE Act.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  The New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, joined by sportsmen's groups, firearms businesses and individual gun owners, has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the state's new gun control law.