[kinoxi]

This always works. /s

[Gondring]

"That person has a loaded, illegal handgun tucked in the waste of their pants...

EWWWW!!!

[Disturbin]

Here in Boston we have Mayor Mumbles Menino's infamous "gun buyback program," where crackheads show up with two or three Saturday Night Specials and redeem them for cash which they use to buy one brand new firearm!

[jrp]

Riiiiight. So hardened criminals willing to risk decades or perhaps life in prison for assault, robbery, rape, murder, etc are going to be deterred by a possible 42 months for a gun possession charge?

[xzins]

What is an illegal weapon?

That should not be possible except when it has been used in the commission of a crime and is seized for evidence.

[Waco]

Move out. The ones left deserve each other.

[garyhope]

The Dhimicraps want everyone disarmed so they can impose oppressive fascist laws for our "own good" so we can all be safe and "equal" and "for the children".

I know the criminals and thugs will cheerfully obay these laws.

Why can the Dhims just never figure out that the criminals just don't give a damn.

The only thing that stops them is knowing that a responsible armed citizen might shoot back and maybe first. That's what prevents crimes.

[lesser_satan]

How about "cracking down" on violent felons for a change? Build enough prisons to lock them up or enough gallows to execute them, I don't care which, just stop this grandstanding bullsh!t and do something that's been proven to work.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Just what is an "illegal" gun. Obviously the gun itself cannot be illegal. What makes a gun "illegal" is human action.

What is an illegal gun? Let me count the ways.

1. A gun in the possession of a law-abiding citizen.
2. An unregistered gun.
3. A gun used in self-defense.
4. A gun collected as a hobby.
5. A gun used for target practice
6. A gun used in any sport

Get it?

The goal is to make the possession of a gun illegal.

[Centurion2000]

State To Crack Down On Illegal Guns (NY)

How about cracking down on illegal aliens? Oh wait, that would make sense.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

HOW ABOUT A CRACKDOWN ON NEW YORK FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN "LAWS"?!

[backhoe]

Just in time for the election, the "disarm the citizens, empower the criminals" lobby tunes up once again...

[Major Matt Mason]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg lobbied for the bill, which passed the legislature in June. He's also been meeting with mayors across the country to push for tougher gun laws. He has made gun control a cornerstone of his second term and pressed hard to close the loophole that allowed almost half of those convicted to escape even a minimum sentence of parole.

Can we please kick this jacka$$ out of the party? He does not belong in the GOP - period! And he can take the useless Pataki with him.

[El Gato]

possession of a loaded illegal weapon to three and a half years.

What's an illegal weapon? Under the second amendment, and New York's own civil rights law, the term is an oxymoron.

Article 2, Section 4 of the New York Civil Rights Law provides: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed."

[El Gato]

a loaded, illegal handgun tucked in the waste of their pants

Now I know most of the scumbags running around on the streets of NY City are a waste of pants, and a waste in general, but methinks someone at NY1 News has grown too dependent on their spell checker. :)

[El Gato]

The Republican governor is eyeing a run for the White House and is perhaps mindful of the role the NRA plays in selecting Republican candidates.

As well he should. But he's already too far over on the Dark Side for the NRA to have much interest in him, unless he were running against his own Junior Senator or his Senior Senator for that matter, who is one of the leading anti arms rights persons, I use the term loosely, in the country.

[Gondring]

Did you change the title, or did the site change it? It's now "Governor Signs Tougher Gun Law"

[tcostell]

The funniest part of this article is that Pataki thinks he can get elected to anything on a national level.

They're going to fry him in Oleo down south.

[traviskicks]

"Governor George Pataki signed a new gun law Tuesday in Albany that will raise the minimum mandatory sentence for possession of a loaded illegal weapon to three and a half years."





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[neverdem]

That either of these clowns think they have any viability as a candidate for national office is just evidence of having a really fat head.

Bloomberg wants to slash CCW permits I remember reading that William F. Buckley Jr. had his CCW renewal refused right after the murder at City Hall.

Republicans in New York Senate Amass Cash, Their Might Intact (Bloomboob gave $500,000)

Republicans Challenge Voter Rolls in Westchester (NY)

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