13wham/ABC
by Sean Carroll
April 11, 2013

The lawyer for a man who was told to surrender his guns and pistol permit to police last week now says authorities are admitting they made a mistake.

The Buffalo area man turned in 7 handguns and his pistol permit to Amherst Police on Friday April 5th, days after he received a letter from the Erie County Clerk's Office. According to a Clerk's Office spokesman the pistol permit supervisor at that office was directed to send that letter by a New York State Supreme Court Justice who is the firearms licensing officer in Erie County.

The letter stated in part, "Based on information received from the New York State Police, your Pistol License, (name) has been suspended by direction of the Licensing Officer for Erie County."

The law clerk for firearms lawyer James Tresmond who represents this Amherst man tells 13WHAM News that the letter never should have been issued and that authorities are now admitting a mistake was made. A mental hygiene provision of New York State's new gun control law, the NYS SAFE Act, was used to initiate this permit suspension and order the firearms surrendered according to Tresmond's Office.

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http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/U...LD2O1KaoCQ.cspx

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13wham/ABC
by Sean Carroll
April 11, 2013

The lawyer for a man who was told to surrender his guns and pistol permit to police last week now says authorities are admitting they made a mistake.

The Buffalo area man turned in 7 handguns and his pistol permit to Amherst Police on Friday April 5th, days after he received a letter from the Erie County Clerk's Office. According to a Clerk's Office spokesman the pistol permit supervisor at that office was directed to send that letter by a New York State Supreme Court Justice who is the firearms licensing officer in Erie County.

The letter stated in part, "Based on information received from the New York State Police, your Pistol License, (name) has been suspended by direction of the Licensing Officer for Erie County."

The law clerk for firearms lawyer James Tresmond who represents this Amherst man tells 13WHAM News that the letter never should have been issued and that authorities are now admitting a mistake was made. A mental hygiene provision of New York State's new gun control law, the NYS SAFE Act, was used to initiate this permit suspension and order the firearms surrendered according to Tresmond's Office.

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http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/U...LD2O1KaoCQ.cspx

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They may be backtracking now saying the letter should not have been sent, but the process that led to it is still an issue:

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James Tresmond Esq confirmed in our conversation that the above mentioned case is occurring in Erie County NY, it is his client that has been affected, and as yet unknown sources have seen fit to take it upon themselves to share confidential medical records with NY State Officials without authorization, a massive HIPPA violation. It seems these supposedly confidential records are then compared against a list of known NY pistol license holders and letters are sent out demanding their Pistol Owner ID Cards be surrendered, as well as any firearms and accessories.

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NY Gun Confiscation Underway – Citizens Told to Turn in Pistol Owner ID & Firearms

HIPAA needs to be repealed because it is worthless. The patient has no protection.

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HIPAA needs to be repealed because it is worthless. The patient has no protection.

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Not for the faint of heart:

Text of 2230-2013 the NY SAFE Act of 2013:
http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S2230-2013

The tighter the gun restrictions, the more breaches over the authority in the law. Making criminals out of law-abiding citizens is a lucrative deal for the state.

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HIPAA needs to be repealed because it is worthless. The patient has no protection.

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The tighter the gun restrictions, the more breaches over the authority in the law. Making criminals out of law-abiding citizens is a lucrative deal for the state.

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