[CopperTop]

Geezes. Doesn't this sound familiar?
Definition of insanity and all.. d:^)

[grobdriver]

Yet today you can walk into any gun store in New York and walk out with essentially the same kind of gun he intended to ban.

"The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

[cuban leaf]

They also jacked up the cigarette tax and reduced tax revenues.

N.Y. is funny. :-)

[1Old Pro]

The SAFE ACT is terrible legislation. Thanks to the act I now cannot receive ammo by mail and must burn gas, pollute the air and waste time to drive across the state or to another to get some hared to find ammo.

[rellimpank]

—would like to see this but can’t get past the subscriber page—

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***The governor claims his law bans sales of military-style assault weapons.***

They have always wanted to get rid of anything military for the last fifty three years.
Back in 1962, they wanted to register ONLY HANDGUNS, and ban the import of those “evil” 5 shot bolt action Army surplus rifles, to prevent “crime”.

In reality they wanted to ban those low cost army rifles to protect their own gun industries of Winchester, Remington and Savage, so they had to “manufacture” crime statistics to try. When John Kennedy was murdered with an Italian army surplus rifle it was, to them, the icing on the cake.

Every few years the gun banners will chose something to demonize in hopes of getting a ban. Some they win, most they don’t so they keep pounding away.
In the 1930s it was Thompsons and sawed off shotguns used by criminals.
In the 1960s it was the 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifle and “Saturday night special”.
In the 1970s it was domestic manufactured handguns.
In the 1980s it was revolving shotguns and “assault rifles”.
In the 1990s it was the single shot 50 cal rifle.

And the beat goes on...

[immadashell]

Mr. Cuomo was housing secretary at a critical moment for the nation, just as its subprime mortgage fever was beginning to spike. It was during his tenure that the banking industry began to embrace predatory loans, and these creations led to a housing bubble that badly damaged America's banks and nearly toppled its financial system. - New York Times

New York voters have such a short memory.

There is a very good reason that "Repeal SAFE Act" is the most popular sign in the State. Next should be "Repeal CUOMO".

[Pollster1]

The industry has reacted to the law by simply redesigning the guns to avoid the features the law prohibits and which Cuomo apparently believed made them more lethal.

Those features do make scary black guns more lethal. If a terrorist ever barges into a restaurant and waves a gun around, the first thing I'm going to check is whether his gun has a bayonet lug or a threaded barrel. If he doesn't have that, I'm going to tell him he's not worth my time and should come back after I finish dessert.

[Qiviut]

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[metmom]

Worse, for those who prefer their firearms in their original design, a thriving black market has emerged with guns brought into New York from other states by aspiring small (and illegally operating) businessmen.

And only an idiot NY politician ( like Sti--e) would not expect this and literally laugh the thought off.

[Jack Hammer]

Yes, it’s difficult to count all those who have been killed by plastic stocks, bayonet lugs, and flash suppressors.