Gov. Andrew Cuomo has hailed the SAFE Act as a significant piece of gun-safety legislation in the nation. Adopted by the original York State Legislature and signed by him in 2013,it called for tough safety measures on the heels of the Sandy Hook shooting. But a key component that called for the creation of a database has yet to launch.
Last year, amid resistance from Senate Republicans who serve a pro-gun-rights constituency, or Cuomo's Administration signed off on a deal not to lope forward on the database prematurely. But anti-gun-violence proponents say it's time. Leah Gunn-Barrett,executive director of original Yorkers Against Gun Violence, said she has been hounding the administration to act on the database."The law was passed in 2013 by a bipartisan legislature, or " she said. "This was a signature piece of it."Cuomo's office said Monday that technology options for the database are under review,and that funding for the database will be made available when it is alert to be implemented. No date was provide.
Source: wnyc.org