sorry- they just arrested someone for ‘having an arsenal’ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/queens-man-arrested-huge-weapons-stockpile-17-guns-article-1.2527173 in NY- and yes, others have been arrested and if a person is investigated by police, and found to have the banned guns, they are then declared felons- no- police aren’;t going door to door- but they are making arrests when folks are investigated
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Half-True
Butler
“We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there’s not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties.”
— Marc Butler on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 in a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act
Disproportionate share of SAFE Act arrests made in New York City
By Dan Clark on Friday, March 24th, 2017 at 4:48 p.m.
Assemblyman Marc Butler speaks at a press conference on repealing the SAFE Act on Mar. 1, 2017 (Courtesy: New York State Assembly)
Republican lawmakers in Albany are pushing a new proposal to repeal New York state’s 2013 gun control law, the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, or SAFE Act.
They want to repeal the law only in counties outside New York City. It would remain on the books for the city’s five boroughs.
Marc Butler, a Republican Assemblyman from the North Country, claims the law is not effective upstate.
“We did a random survey of some of the counties,” Butler said. “We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there’s not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties.”
Is Butler right that some counties have only had one SAFE Act violation in four years? And is there “not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this” in upstate counties?
The SAFE Act
The SAFE Act passed the New York State Legislature in a whirlwind January 2013 vote, soon after 26 people — 20 students and six adults — were shot and killed on Dec. 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The SAFE Act places additional regulations on gun owners and dealers on what guns need to be registered, how guns can be bought and sold, and how those guns can be used.
The law expanded the definition of what’s considered an assault weapon in New York state and required those guns to be registered.
The law also required almost universal background checks on gun sales in New York state. The law requires anyone who wants to buy a gun to make the sale through a federally licensed dealer. Those dealers are required to perform background checks before approving the sale.
Before the SAFE Act, residents were able to privately buy or sell guns without any background checks. Now, even if someone wants to give a gun to a family member or neighbor, it has to go through a federal dealer.
Downstate arrests
Since the law’s passage, there have been 11,893 arrests for SAFE Act violations in New York state through Feb. 17, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
A disproportionate number of the arrests happened in New York City. Some 9,593 arrests were made in New York City compared with 1,641 arrests upstate and 659 arrests on Long Island or in the suburban Westchester and Rockland counties.
New York City has the most SAFE Act arrests per capita with one arrest for every 692 people in the city. Long Island and the city’s suburbs recorded one arrest for every 4,838 adults.”
That “arsenal” bust - well, that’s DeBlowsio’s New York City for ya.
But it sounds like SAFE act noncompliance in Upstate is not only widespread but includes local law enforcement as well as owners. So when’s Il Duce Cuomo going to send out his flying monkeys to kick in doors?
Been through Upstate. Met some normal folks.