Posted on 01/17/2013 4:08:02 PM PST by qaz123
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A troubling oversight has been found within New York State's sweeping new gun laws.
The ban on having high-capacity magazines, as it's written, would also include law enforcement officers.
Magazines with more than seven rounds will be illegal under the new law when that part takes effect in March.
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If so, then I guess they'll all be leaving their hi-cap mags at the precinct. If not, then the people of NY have just allowed their elected officials to create a whole new class of citizen.
I guess the folks that are employed to protect the elite are going to get special privileges or so it would seem.
Not ready for prime time.
/johnny
Adolf Cuomo and his Nazi Yawkers went off half-cocked when they wrote this crap. Any time you have a kneejerk reaction to something, anything you do to respond is going to end up being done half-assed.
They are Peace Officers 24/7. The weapons they utilize are for self-defense against those that are unsavory within the public. The very same unsavory public that citizens may deal with at some point-—unarmed. I guess some lives are more important than others. One last point-—the public has NO constitutional right to police protection unless they are in police custody. NONE.(Try suing a policeman, their department, the city/county for a slow response or no response for a crime in progress)
So, it’s “troubling” that government employees might be held to the same standards/restrictions as law abiding citizens?
so it would seem
they passed the bill in the middle of the night - behind closed doors with no public/police input
Cumo used some ‘necessities’ clause to shove it through & the dipwads voted for it.
Because seven rounds is not an adequate number when it comes to protecting yourself and others?
No. It's not enough.
Citizens lives are, apparently, less worthy of protection.
Pretty much mocking the legislators, Cuomo, the law, and the police that are seeking to be exempt from the law.
Perhaps NY cops should go see Fatman Nadler. He claims 4 rounds is sufficient.
What’s ‘troubling’ is that we, the law abiding citizens, are under more restrictions than armed gooberment employees. Guess we aren’t entitled to the same level of natural rights—Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness as others. I suspect/know the elite want us to be ‘dependent’ on them for those natural rights....I know, I’m one of those gooberment employees—retired.
I’ve been wondering why that point, concerning their responsibility to protect the public, is not brought up more often. I’m quite sure that if one were to bring up that SCOTUS decision from 2005, some liberals heads would pop off.
I’m a cop, but also a very very very staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment. I, like every other cop, are told that we can intervene in forceable felonies when off duty. Just like anyone else. Once I’m off duty, I’m Joe Public, just like everyone else.
My brother is also an officer, however here in Cali he has one big advantage over most state citizens—off duty he carries his ID AND concealed weapon where-ever he goes. I guess I’m partially to blame for that habit from my 20+ years of work in the state correctional system. My horror stories regarding inmate street histories didn’t help....:)
I carry every time I walk out of my house. However, when I’m not on the clock, I’m just a citizen and do not deserve any special laws.
And for those that would like to say that LEO’s are better trained and more proficient, go to a USPSA or IDPA match and watch some plumber clean a course.
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