All~
Thanks for sending this info along. I just wrote (e-mail, actually) to my NYS electeds: Assemblyman, Senator and Governor Cuomo.
I pointed out that:
1) We do not require insurance for other Constitutionally-guaranteed civil rights (speech, religion)
2) Analogy with car insurance is invalid. We do not need insurance to possess cars, only to use them on public highways.
3) Added cost - especially to young hunters - and a windfall to insurance industry.
Also, I have requested repeal of the NY SAFE Act (so-called) provision that bans internet ammo sales. I save lots of money buying my 2 3/4" steel shells by the case. And, I suspect this provision violates "commerce clause" of US Constitution.
I suppose I run the risk of becoming the stereotypical retired crackpot, but - having worked in government for 35 years - i have come to believe in the words of Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
All the best,
SJS