Tracking down licensed handguns drags on for years
A pistol license unit faces a vast paper backlog with licenses of deceased holders. Investigators must locate survivors, retrieve or report guns, and enforce state law that requires relatives to turn in handguns within five days of a death. A $30,000 federal grant funds two retired deputies to aid, and funeral directors are now informing grieving families about the requirement.
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Onondaga County Traces Dead License Holders Guns
The Onondaga County Sheriff's Department is identifying pistol license holders who have died and locating unaccounted for firearms. The project, described as a precaution against stolen guns used in crime, catalogs 41,000 licenses in CHAIRS and reviews county death lists to match licenses, with hundreds already tied to deceased owners.
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Clinton urges Congress to pass gun safety measures
President Clinton criticized a Republican Congress for delaying gun safety checks nine months after Senate approval of child safety locks for handguns, a ban on large ammunition clips, and closing the gun show loophole. House Republicans plan Project Exile to boost enforcement and local resources to curb violence.
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