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.
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As do us in Central New York.
I’m with you on that.
I’m south of you.
Did you get much snow the other day? Snowfall here was about 18 inches in about 14 hours. It’s nice today, though.
Yes, it’s difficult to count all those who have been killed by plastic stocks, bayonet lugs, and flash suppressors.
Almost nothing.
It mostly nailed Syracuse and north of it.
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