The Suffolk County Legislature this past week unanimously approved a new gun safety control measure aimed at keeping weapons out of the hands of involuntary psychiatric patients.
The measure, sponsored by Legis. Kara Hahn, D-Setauket, mandates law enforcement officials crosscheck the names and addresses of individuals transported to Stony Brook University's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program against the county's pistol license registries.
"In the days following all mass shootings there is always a search for missed warning signs," Hahn said. "An involuntary transport to a psychiatric emergency room should be a red flag of an individual's mental state. My goal is to never have to look back following a tragedy and ask 'how this warning or that red flag was missed.'"
In January, New York State adopted the mental health provisions of the NY Safe Act of 2013, which allows for cross checking potentially unstable individuals against a not yet created statewide pistol license database.
The county's legislation takes this one step further by requiring police officers to make immediate referrals to the licensing bureau. This is already common practice in handling domestic violence-related calls.
"When Legislator Hahn brought this idea to my attention, I implemented it immediately because it has the potential to save lives," said Edward Weber, Suffolk County's police commissioner.
The bill will go to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone for his signature. If signed, the new law will impact the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown.
• Parks appointment for Bellone's wife withdrawn
The Suffolk legislature has withdrawn a resolution that would make County Executive Steve Bellone's wife, Tracey, an unpaid parks trustee.
Newsday reported that the motion was withdrawn after the county's attorney discovered Tracey Bellone, the Town of Babylon's deputy parks commissioner, could not serve in the unpaid position because a county code prohibits state or town officials from becoming a parks appointee.
The legislature is expected to introduce a bill that would amend the county code. A resolution to appoint Tracey Bellone as a parks trustee could be filed again after the changes are made.
-Thomas Jefferson
How does cross referencing mentally unstable people for a gun license become pathetic in your eyes?
How many govt raids on the kennedy compounds to confiscate their weapons with all the drunks , murderers , rapists & drug addicts that bootlegging family has spawned ? Shouldn't the public have a right to know if there are "mental" law enforcement agents out there carrying guns ? Bet Amidou Diallo's family would have liked a psych profile on those NYC cops . How about HARSH mandatory sentences for crimes committed with guns legal or otherwise ? This is just another reason to move out of the now documented LEAST FREE STATE in the UNION , New York & leave it's oppressive taxes & nanny state mentality behind . PS- tell those politico's in Crookhaven & other towns to worry about these soon to be bankrupt declining school districts instead
1) hitler disarmed only a small percentage and that wasn't based on mental capacity or criminal history and ARMED the rest, INCLUDING CHILDREN 2) The revolution was fueled by propaganda from the Boston Massacre and the Quebec Act and Intolerable Acts, NONE of which included guns 3) The fighting original started when the British came to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock, NOT their guns You are completely wrong and either intentionally/purposely misleading
http://freedominthe50states.org/overall/new-york It is interesting.
So which type of troll sucking on the govt teet are you ? once of the corrupt politico's ? the overpaid underworked SCPD cop looking for disability bennies & a 150K pension for "stress" from patrolling starbucks &/or dunkin donuts ? perhaps the 180K tenured 68 years old gym teacher with 75% obese kids in your class ? Either way no worries , the nanny state will make sure someone like Bloomberg will save you from large soda's & even wipe your behind BTW take a stroll through bed stuy at night & thank your liberal brethren you can't have a CCW , heck north Amityville or Central Islip will suffice.
http://news.yahoo.com/4-hurt-crash-attack-california-231717422.html And while we're at it Suffolk needs a ban on 'assault' & kitchen knives from the potentially insane http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/21/beloved-long-island-school-bus-driver-charged-with-stabbing-husband/ http://archive.longislandpress.com/2012/12/31/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-mall-stabbing/ http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/01/3317497/lauderhill-man-accused-of-stabbing.html http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/mc-c-haycock-township-domestic-stabbing-arrest-20130401,0,4649269.story http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Women-charged-after-stabbing-4399688.php http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/23/police-probe-officers-deadly-shooting-of-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-roommate/
Well as I said it's apt , you should consider a legal name change to that second part In fact make it your first name & change your second name to OFF To keep this suffolk centric , ever wonder why Shrink & PT Offices among others are littered with dregs of SCPD, Teachers Union , LIRR employees , Postal employees to name a few , begging for that golden retirement ticket ? BTW - Franchi ? LOL Ban Handguns so the next OWS type Shooter from a liberal gun free zone will use a pair of Benelli M4's