Councilmen Erik Bottcher and Julie Menin decided to hold a presser this week on their bill, INT 1016-2024:
Proud to join @ebottcher press conference ahead of our @NYCCouncil hearing on his bill requiring gun stores to display graphic imagery & written warning signage about dangers of keeping a firearm at home. Toys, pharmaceuticals, cigarettes and alcohol all have consumer warnings.… pic.twitter.com/DDMW3YBCcK
— Julie Menin (@JulieMenin) June 17, 2025
From the bill text:
Every dealer in firearms and dealer in rifles and shotguns shall, in the place where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are displayed or where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are transferred to a purchaser, conspicuously post:
1. A notice stating: “A firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, homicide, death during domestic disputes, and unintentional deaths to children, household members, and others. If you or a loved one is experiencing distress or depression, call the Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355) or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.” Such notice shall be at least 8 inches by 11 inches and printed in no less than 36-point font, and shall be unobstructed in its entirety … Any person who violates subdivision b of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 …
Here’s a video of him bloviating about it:
Both these morons are too arrogant and stupid to accept that the main reason people buy guns is because they are dangerous. This will do nothing to discourage people from exercising their civil rights.
