WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. August 2, 2006: An ordinance requiring the licensing  and registration and identification of owners of air pistols and BB guns, and penalties for "unlicensed" air pistols and recreational guns (available for sale at The Sports Authority, Wal-Mart, and Sears, among other stores in the city), initiated and requested by the Commissioner of Public Safety in White Plains, Dr. Frank Straub has been "tabled indefinitely" according to David Maloney, spokesperson for the Mayor's Office. The ordinance, modeled word for word on a law on the books in Yonkers, was scheduled to become law at the August 7 Common Council meeting.

There was no explanation from the Mayor's office why the legislation has been withdrawn. Asked if the legislation was being rewritten or adjusted, Maloney repeated it has been tabled indefinitely.

Recreational Air Pistol Sales Will Not Be Regulated: A tableaux of the guns an Air Pistol Ordinance would have regulated, requiring registration by new owners. Photo, Courtesy, Carl Albanese.