Posted on 01/15/2013 6:01:07 AM PST by shortstop
It seems odd that the government of a free people would pass secret legislation in the dark of the night.
But then, New Yorkers are not a free people.
And Andrew Cuomo is not a democrat.
He is a monarchist.
And by noon today, a secret, un-debated effort to criminalize tens of thousands of law-abiding, tax-paying New Yorkers will be in place. In the interest of his presidential ambitions and in the name of public safety, Andrew Cuomo and the coven of servile evildoers that is the state legislature have castrated the Second Amendment and enslaved the people.
Cuomo’s bid to out Hitler Obama has worked.
The people are measurably disarmed.
What George the Third could not achieve, Mario the Second has.
With no public notification or discussion, with all details of the legislation held completely secret, Andrew Cuomo has outlawed an entire class of firearms – casting a very large net over hundreds of guns he calls assault rifles.
Any firearm with a flash suppressor or a pistol grip or a collapsible stock or a flashlight mount or, in many cases, a detachable magazine, is rechristened an assault rifle and, by noon today, will be illegal to purchase in the Archduchy of New York. Those who already own such beastly devices will be required to register them with the state and may never transfer them to anyone except the state.
You can’t sell them, you can’t give them away, you can’t leave them to your kids in your will. The right to own them dies with you.
The biggest selling American rifle of the last eight years is now illegal in Cuomo’s New York. Millions of Americans own them, tens of thousands of them are manufactured annually in the state of New York, but New Yorkers are not free enough to own them.
Because the government knows best.
Even more nefarious is the magazine capacity limit, which says, one year from this date, no New Yorker can own a magazine that holds more than seven bullets. Unrealized by most is the fact that many common rifles and handguns don’t come with magazines holding fewer than 10 bullets.
Millions of American .22 rifles – the traditional firearms of children – have magazines holding 10, 14 or 18 rounds.
Grandpa’s M1 Garand, the one he used to free Europe, comes with an 8-round clip that, after 60 years of sitting in the closet, just became contraband. Ditto for home-defense shotguns, which come standard with 8-round magazines.
And the handgun of the age – the Glock – doesn’t make, for most of its firearms, magazines holding fewer than 10 rounds.
What that means is that you will able to own the gun, but not the magazine that allows it to function. You can own the gun, but you can’t make it shoot.
Details of the magazine ban are unknown, as is every part of this legislation. As this day dawns, the bill has been passed by the Vichy French of the state Senate, but its contents and text have not been made public.
That’s how the “land of the free” operates these days – at least as governed by the Emperor Cuomo.
But one of the whispered aspects of the bill is, in addition to a limit on the number of rounds in a magazine, a limit on the number of magazines a person could own – specifically, two. Whether that is two per gun, or two per gun owner, the overseer hasn’t yet found time to communicate to the field slaves.
That means that when the home invasion hits your house, the handgun you rely on to protect your family, the one designed to hold 17 rounds per magazine, will fire just 14 times, if you stop to change clips while they’re raping your wife.
If not, you better hope you never come up against more than seven rounds of trouble.
Because young Andy has decided, as the Dauphin of Albany, that you can fight for your life with seven rounds, but not eight. The criminals, whose guns and magazines are all illegal anyway, can come high capacity, but you, you are going to run out of ammo right about the time the bad guy pushes his muzzle up against your forehead.
You will be a martyr to his presidential ambitions.
And if you aren’t, your freedom certainly will be.
As New Yorkers learned last night, nothing stops Reichsleiter Cuomo.
Also rumored to be in the legislation is a provision calling for the re-issuance – and periodic re-issuance – of all pistol permits in the state. Those permits will be reissued under new statewide guidelines not yet promulgated by His Eminence the Governor.
What’s that mean?
That means that people who have lawfully owned handguns in New York must all now come hat in hand and bow before the sharia of the Hudson. If you don’t meet the standards of Kim Jung Andy, you lose your permit and you lose your guns.
All that’s been said on that count is that permits must now be issued under a uniform statewide standard. That raises the question of whose standard will become statewide?
Will it be the standard of Wayne County, where concealed-carry permits take about a month to process? Or will it be the standard of Monroe County where those same permits take as long as a year and a half to come through? Or will it be Onondaga County where you wait a year and are uniformly denied the right to carry the gun for self-defense?
Or will the new New York State standard be the standard of New York County, where no permits are issued to the general public whatsoever?
Those questions are unanswered.
Also unanswered is when the lieutenant governor – so important to the function of the state that he lives five hours away – will turn in his high-capacity magazines. A former police officer, he was known for years to carry a personal Beretta with a double stack that his political patron just made a felony.
Speaking of police officers, this law just castrated their guns, too. On duty, they can carry the high-capacity magazines all modern guns were designed to hold. Off duty, they join the citizenry in the under-gunned category. Ditto for the day they retire.
This makes it a lot easier for the bad guys. When you’re attacking an armed citizen, just count to seven, and then you’ve got him.
But wait, there's more. The legislation also says that every purchaser of every kind of ammunition must go through a background check.
Every purchaser or every kind of ammunition.
So the night before deer season opens, when everybody remembers they need a box of shells, you better hope there's somebody awake in Albany to answer the call from WalMart and look up your records.
A box of .22s for plinking? Background check.
A box of shells for skeet? Background check.
That creates hassle and expense, both of which will be borne by the law-abiding gun owners of New York.
But this isn’t about guns, it’s about freedom.
And last night in New York it took a staggering blow. Not just in the loss of Second Amendment rights, and a contemptuous governor who vilifies any who complain about his legislation, but in a process that bastardized representative government.
When you pass secret legislation in the dark of the night, you are not doing the people’s business, you are giving the people the business.
Right up their back end.
The concept of representative government died in New York last night, so that the governor could advance his personal ambitions.
On July 26, 1788, New York became the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution. On January 14, 2013, New York became the first state to disavow it.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
this might help Cuomo get the Dem nomination in 2016.
But there’s no way it helps him win the presidency. States like Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina are not going to vote for the guy who crafted the most draconian anti-gun laws in the nation.
It might make the flaming libs in New York City (and California and DC) happy, but it won’t fly in the rest of the country...
Congratulations!
Be sure and tell your mama. And your daddy. And your aunt and uncle.
Actually when you tell your mama and daddy you will be telling your aunt and uncle.
It’s hard to sympathize with the people of New York, and more specifically those who reside in New York City and Albany. They think they’re smarter than the rest of the country and look down on everyone else. Yet, they vote for one liberal after another, have tanked their state economy, and it’s apparent they’re willing to roll over like dogs when their constitutional rights are at stake.
Save your receipts. How do you prove you bought them prior to the law.
Call this law: "How to create a Black Market".
This is as stupid as outlawing lead fishing sinkers.....but the "cops" and/or conservation officers can look at your line anytime they want.
Wow, Lexington & Concord II may happen in NY first!
The stories I have read say that 10 round mags would be illegal. No grandfathering at all. You would have to sell them out of state.
Apparently they don’t care about massacres in other states...
Looks like a lot of weapons and magazines will be making a move out of NY in the next few days. Gun lockers in nearby states?
Looks like a lot of weapons and magazines will be making a move out of NY in the next few days. Gun lockers in nearby states?
http://www.constitution.org/rc/rat_decl-ny.htm
thank you - and let me repeat it in case he didnt hear
Who is going to contest it?
NY already had strict laws.
I don’t recall a constitutional battle over them.
Hopefully a lot of gun mfgs will be right behind them...
What’s that mean?
That means that people who have lawfully owned handguns in New York must all now come hat in hand and bow before the sharia of the Hudson. If you don’t meet the standards of Kim Jung Andy, you lose your permit and you lose your guns.
All that’s been said on that count is that permits must now be issued under a uniform statewide standard. That raises the question of whose standard will become statewide?
Will it be the standard of Wayne County, where concealed-carry permits take about a month to process? Or will it be the standard of Monroe County where those same permits take as long as a year and a half to come through? Or will it be Onondaga County where you wait a year and are uniformly denied the right to carry the gun for self-defense?
Or will the new New York State standard be the standard of New York County, where no permits are issued to the general public whatsoever?”
For those of you who think “registration” is no big deal, If this is enacted they will use “registration” to CONFISCATE the hand guns of legally “registered” law abiding citizens. Why? Because they know exactly who has which guns and where to find them.
Will they confiscate the guns of criminals? NO! Why?
CRIMINALS DON'T REGISTER THEIR GUNS.
CRIMINALS DON'T OBEY GUN LAWS OR ANY OTHER LAWS THEY DON'T WANT TO.
It is time to rethink some things. Since the gubmint is determined to make law abiding citizens criminals, maybe it's time to consciously become criminals by not obeying any unconstitutional laws. Also disobey laws that might put you and your family in danger.
Why obtain a cc license if by doing so, you are just telling the gubmint where to go to get it whenever they want to. You would be better off obtaining an illegal gun they won't know about.
I have a legally owned UNREGISTERED assault rifle, (what used to be one under the old rules). Will I ever register it if they pass a law saying that I have to, absolutely NOT!
It does not have a detachable magazine. I understand that it can be converted to accept one. I previously never saw the need to do that, but now I am going to. I intend to buy magazines that will exceed NY’s new gun law. I have toyed with the idea of purchasing a large amount of ammunition, now I see the need for extra ammo and will be purchasing it shortly.
Sadly it appears that the circumstances envisioned by The Framers (2nd amendment) of a time when a citizen militia may again need to wrest power from a tyrannical federal government are here or soon will be. Citizens be prepared. Don't be caught taking a box cutter to a gun fight. Gun owners, don't be caught taking only a 7 round magazine to that gun fight either.
The time to arm yourselves is NOW, before it's too late.
A small point. Jefferson and Washington were not Yankees. New York City and Boston were occupied and essentially prison cities. Much of the fighting took place in the South.
Not all of us are doing nothing. But—we seem to be helpless. Last Tuesday evening I emailed my State Senator and Assemblyman about these issues. I got an autoreply from the Senator. That’s all so far. They both are Republicans. My wife has one more year to work. Indiana is lookig really good right now.
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