Steve Hughes reports for the Times Union that on Aug. 8 the Albany County Legislature voted for a law requiring gun stores in the county to hang signs warning about how firearms in homes lead to an increased chance of suicide and domestic violence. All 27 Democrats voted for the Albany County Commitment to a Safe Society bill, and all eight Republicans voted against. “This is a commonsense measure at the county level to address gun violence, and if this warning sign prevents just one suicide, accidental death, or domestic violence death it will be worth it,” Legislator Dustin Reidy said in a statement. Albany County Executive Dan McCoy would not say whether he would sign the bill into law. Republicans did not offer amendments to the bill in committee, but did at the last moment before the vote, though that amendment, stressing that illegal guns were more dangerous, failed to pass. Read more about this story in the Times Union.