One of three new bills appears to be an attempt to intimidate gun owners.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced on April 3 that she had signed three new gun-control bills into law and would be setting aside another $370 million to tackle gun violence across the Empire State. All three of the new bills present challenges to gun rights enshrined in the Second Amendment; and one piece of legislation raises personal privacy concerns and likely infringes upon Americans’ Fourth Amendment right to be secure against “unreasonable searches and seizures.”
Bill S.744/A.436 imposes penalties for installing a small device into a semiautomatic pistol that enables it to simulate fully automatic fire. Commonly known as a “Glock switch,” this device is already illegal at the federal level and has been for some…
