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Dear politicians: Get your act together on gun control

John Kasich, the former Ohio governor who was roundly defeated in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries by Donald Trump, was doing that thing on March 25 that so many conservative politicians do . . . more

4/1/21

We need more women elected leaders

It’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. The attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy to run for Congress. more

3/4/21

Orange ribbons, individual statements of frustration with gun violence, can be found around the village.

Ribbon movement is growing on the North Shore

After 32 people in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, were killed in mass shootings in early August, Rosemarie Veneziano decided that enough was enough. She attended a gun-control rally organized by … more

By Mike Conn | 10/24/19

State Sen. Anna Kaplan, who represents parts of Franklin Square and Elmont, introduced a bill requiring out-of-state residents to sign a waiver allowing law enforcement officials to access their mental health records.

Governor OKs gun-control bills

When her son, Nicholas, started preschool in Elmont last week, Michaelle Solages spoke to his teachers about the school’s active-shooter drills, and learned that they tell students to pretend to … more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/12/19

On guns, let’s secure our liberty and our lives

The Declaration of Independence places “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” at the pinnacle of the American endeavor. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the world wars . . . more

8/23/19

Shari Camhi, Baldwin school district superintendent, spoke in favor of a bill that would require gun owners to lock up firearms. She was joined by Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahms,and, at right, Legislator Debra Mulé.

A call for safe-gun-storage laws

Two days after a Meadow Elementary School fourth-grader brought a loaded handgun to school, Nassau County Democrats and gun-control advocates urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would require … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 4/4/19

Shari Camhi, at mic, superintendent of the Baldwin school district, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would require the safe storage of all firearms.

Advocates call on Cuomo to sign gun storage bill

Republicans in the Nassau County Legislature have stonewalled a bill that would require gun owners to lock up their firearms in safety boxes, and punish those who don’t — but Democrats are hoping … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 3/27/19

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, left at lectern, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins announced that a package of tighter gun restrictions was passed by the State Legislature on Jan. 29.

State Legislature passes sweeping gun-control measures

On Jan. 30, state lawmakers approved the first new gun control laws since the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act passed in 2013. Gun control advocates cheered the further tightening of New York’s laws, which address bump stocks and recent pushes to arm teachers. more

By Erik Hawkins and Ben Strack | 2/6/19

Robert Gaafar, a Rockville Centre resident who escaped the mass shooting in Las Vegas last October, told his story at a forum about gun violence at the Rockville Centre Public Library in April.

Rockville Centre gun violence survivors advocating for change, spreading kindness

Only days after escaping the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history, Robert Gaafar took a walk with his wife and two young children. He heard popping noises, momentarily transporting him from Rockville Centre back to the Route 91 Harvest Festival last Oct. 1, at which 58 people were killed and 851 injured. more

By Ben Strack | 6/7/18

More than 1,500 protesters, including many children, turned out for a March for Our Lives rally at SUNY Farmingdale on Saturday morning.

1,500 students, elected leaders rally for gun control at SUNY Farmingdale March for Our Lives

Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/24/18

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