Posted on 03/01/2010 6:36:22 PM PST by marktwain
DELHI — The Delaware County Board of Supervisors passed resolutions Wednesday opposing proposed antigun owners legislation and protesting the closing of Oquaga Creek State Park.
Delhi Supervisor Peter Bracci presented a resolution opposing bills passed in the state Assembly that he said would have a detrimental effect on hunters, sportsmen and legal gun owners and would curtail rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
The list included 11 bills that include provisions requiring the renewal of firearms licenses after five years, stringent restrictions on firearms dealers, new training requirements, banning the sale of weapons that are .50-caliber or larger, and others.
One of the bills outlaws handguns capable of being fired by a 5-year-old child or younger, making all current handguns illegal, according to the resolution.
“I was in law enforcement for 38 years and none of these laws would do anything to reduce crime,” Bracci said. “These bills point out the difference between the upstate and downstate culture.” Middletown Supervisor Len Utter said, “This is probably the most important resolution we will pass in a long time. There is a movement in our country to dismantle the Constitution and this is just one step.”
Masonville Supervisor Craig DuMond said, “If we give up our Second Amendment rights, it is the beginning of the end.”
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Except in NYC!
Deleware County is where New York City’s largest reservoirs are. It is also where Islamberg is located. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/05/islamberg-new-york-you-can-hear-gunfire-up-there-i-cant-understand-why-the-fbi-wont-shut-it-down.html
I have cast 525gr 0.690” slugs for 12ga shotgun. IIRC, barrel goes up to 0.720”.
That’s almost artillery!
We`ve been armed up here in the Adirondacks since 1625
wait`n for them revenooers to show up so we can tail`em with buckshot. [UPstate is UP 3,000 feet on mountaintops, God`s Country]
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