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State's SAFE Act needs to set its sights on compliance
Times Albany Union ^ | January 12, 2016 | Bill Nojay

Posted on 01/15/2016 7:48:09 AM PST by OddLane

Gov. Andrew Cuomo claims his anti-gun law, known as the SAFE Act, is "the toughest in the nation," but on its three-year anniversary this Thursday it's looking more like a monumental failure.

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

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesunion.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; banglist; newyork; rkba; safeact
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To: metmom
NYC carries the state and we Upstaters hate it

As do us in Central New York.

21 posted on 01/15/2016 12:21:02 PM PST by lysie
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To: lysie

I’m with you on that.

I’m south of you.


22 posted on 01/15/2016 12:55:17 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Did you get much snow the other day? Snowfall here was about 18 inches in about 14 hours. It’s nice today, though.


23 posted on 01/15/2016 1:04:37 PM PST by lysie
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To: OddLane

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


24 posted on 01/15/2016 7:58:47 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: lysie

Almost nothing.

It mostly nailed Syracuse and north of it.


25 posted on 01/16/2016 1:10:25 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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