Posted on 07/12/2021 5:21:54 AM PDT by marktwain
The latest example of misuse of “public health emergency” as an Orwellian phrase is by Governor Cuomo of New York. Governor Cuomo declared a First-in the Nation “Gun Violence Disaster Emergency”.
Big government proponents love “emergencies” because “emergencies” give them the power they otherwise do not have. This is why we see the ever-expanding use of “emergency” or “disaster” to apply to otherwise ordinary events.
Leftists have successfully used the term to expand their power to override nearly all Constitutionally protected rights. Progressives’ “public health” power was the start of their successful degradation of the checks and balances in the Constitution. Emergency War powers may be the only thing that is used to override Constitutional protections more than “Public Health Emergencies”.
From the news release of the office of the governor.ny.gov:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared the first-in-the-nation gun violence disaster emergency as part of a new, comprehensive strategy to build a safer New York. This new strategy treats gun violence as a public health crisis, using short-term solutions to manage the immediate gun violence crisis and reduce the shooting rate, as well as long-term solutions that focus on community-based intervention and prevention strategies to break the cycle of violence. The disaster emergency allows the State to expedite money and resources to communities so they can begin targeting gun violence immediately.
Governor Cuomo is using the emergency powers to shift “gun violence” away from law enforcement to public health agencies. The new Office of Gun Violence Prevention will be overseen by the New York State Department of Public Health and will be lead by an appointee of Governor Cuomo.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
I have noticed, that governments who trust their citizens are gun friendly, while governments having mistrust to their citizens, usually because they do not rule with citizen consent, are for gun control.
Obviously Cuomo does not trust New Yorkers.
They create a crisis ONLY for the purpose of taking away more of our rights.
No...This is to pacify the blacks who think that defunding police and inserting “Community Helpers” will solve the problem.
This strikes me as exactly that. Governor Cuomo is bypassing all normal safeguards to direct funds to his political allies.
So true.
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