Hochul Weighs a Warning Sign for Guns

Will Her Honor require retailers to warn customers that ‘access to a weapon or firearm in the home’ could raise ‘the risk of suicide,’ ‘death during domestic disputes,’ and even ‘unintentional deaths to children’?

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Governor Hochul in 2023 delivers her State of the State address at the capitol. AP/Hans Pennink

The liberty to keep and bear arms is no “second-class right,” the Supreme Court tried to make clear. Then again, too, New York Democrats aren’t getting the message. How else to explain Albany’s latest scheme to infringe on the right to bear arms in the Empire State? The idea is to require warning signs at all gun shops in New York State alerting potential buyers of the risks of owning a firearm. Governor Hochul is weighing whether to sign the bill.

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