THE AR-15 ABOVE LOOKS LIKE A TOY. IT IS NOT A TOY, IT KILLS!

DEAR WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE PROTECTORS:

A HORRIFYING PART OF THE NYS GOVERNOR’S BUDGET BILL IS PART RR THAT WOULD PERMANENTLY LOWER THE HUNTING AGE TO KILL DEER TO 12.  

AR-15 RIFLES ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE USED FOR DEER THAN FOR SQUIRRELS, SIMPLY DUE TO THE COST OF AMMUNITION!

IT’S ABSURD THAT A SMALL DIVISION OF OUR GOVERNMENT, NAMELY THE BUREAU OF WILDLIFE (BOW), IS DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON FIREARMS AND AMMO, AND BOWS AND ARROWS, AND CROSSBOWS AND BOLTS.  THEY RECEIVE THEIR PORTION OF THE FIREARMS EXCISE TAX BASED, IN PART,  ON THE NUMBER OF HUNTING PERMITS THEY SELL.

WHILE AN AR-15 CAN “ONLY” HAVE A MAGAZINE OF 5 BULLETS WITH ONE IN THE CHAMBER (TOTAL OF 6 BULLETS – OR 6 DEAD PEOPLE – A MAGAZINE CAN BE CHANGED IN SECONDS, ALLOWING FOR BARELY INTERRUPTED FIRING.

PLEASE SEE THIS LINK THAT DEMONSTRATES WHY WE HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING MEANINGFUL GUN LEGISLATION PASSED: Youth Hunting Industry Sign On Letter of Support

LET GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THAT YOU REPRESENT THE 97% OF NEW YORKERS WHO WANT WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE PROTECTED. 

PLEASE CONTACT THESE LEGISLATORS ASAP. LET THEM KNOW THAT: YOU OPPOSE PART RR OF FISCAL YEAR 2023 – 2024 NYS BUDGET BILL.

PLEASE CONTACT GOVERNOR HOCHUL HERE: NY Governor Hochul Contact Form

PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATORS:

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER STEWART-COUSINS: (518) 455-2585, Email: scousins@nysenate.gov

ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HEASTIE: (518) 455-3791, Email: speaker@nyassembly.gov

SENATOR KRUEGER, CHAIR FINANCE: (518) 455-2297, Email: Lkrueger@nysenate.gov

ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEINSTEIN, CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS: (518) 455-5462, Email: weinsteinh@nyassembly.gov

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS, FIND THEM HERE: FIND YOUR NY LEGISLATORS