Posted on 09/18/2022 6:42:24 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
he Angelica Civil War Re-enactment was supposed to return to the village in Allegany County this month, following a two-year hiatus because of Covid-19 restrictions.
But organizers announced last weekend that it's been canceled again.
They blamed New York's new gun laws which they interpret to mean that period re-enactors carrying muskets could be charged with a felony.
"Black powder weapons are not excepted from this ban. Possession of a firearm in public is now a felony," a message posted to the re-enactment group's Facebook page Sept. 4 said. "After obtaining a legal opinion, it was determined that we could not continue with holding the event this year. Participants could be subject to arrest."
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At the beginning of September, a new set of gun laws went into effect in New York. Among them are new restrictions on where guns can be carried. The legislation was passed this summer in an emergency session after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York's longstanding concealed carry law which required permit seekers to explain why they needed to be able to carry a firearm. Under the new laws, the state now prohibits handguns, shotguns and rifles in a wide list of "sensitive locations" which range from schools, government buildings and courts to parks, churches and sidewalks and other public areas where permitted events are taking place.
That's now considered an E level felony, the lowest level felony which technically can carry a sentence of up to four years in prison.
(Excerpt) Read more at buffalonews.com ...
Bob Emerson, executive director of Old Fort Niagara which hosts four major re-enactments every summer, said he's worried.
There are no more battles planned for this year, so there's no need to make immediate changes, he said. "In the longer term, however, we are deeply concerned. We were surprised and shocked when we learned that the new gun law includes flintlocks and other muzzle-loading firearms," Emerson said.
Several of my friends participate in re-enactments, one will take place at Old Mill Village outside Hallstead PA this month.
Now there is an angle I did not see-another way to remove our history.
this law is unreasonable and should be repealed.
Clearly antigovernment MAGA Militia types. Need to be brought before the January 6th committee for questioning, preferable in chains
I wonder how many of the members are democrats?
Lots of fun. I do the Texas Revolution. Have died at the Alamo and Goliad. Get to win at San Jacinto.
Lots of laws are unreasonable.
This law is unconstitutional.
Emerson sounds like a typical dimocRAT with near terminal cognitive dissonance.
I guess hunters do it in private?
Can’t we just rewrite history so that they used rubber band guns and pea shooters in the Civil War?
The law should be struck down immediately as a blatant 2A infringement. The legislators who voted for it should have to spend a day in stocks in the public square.
No, do like in “E.T”, where all the handguns were replaced by walkie-talkies.
Not to split hairs (which I hate when others do it on the FR) but Civil War infantry didn’t, as a rule, carry muskets; they had rifles. This fact revolutionized warfare and increased the lethality of the conflict. The difference is a rifled barrel vs. a smooth bore, and greatly impacts effective range and accuracy.
I dare say, that photo accompanying the article does not depict troops from the Civil War. More in line with the Revolutionary War.
The communist democrat party, which includes all its voters, want you defenseless and controlled.
Even better, the cops that "arrest" them should be wearing red coats and march in a straight line.
Hochul isn't our only problem, is it? Our legislature is just as bad as she is.
French troops at Old Fort Niagara, from the French & Indian War.
It’s Dem ruled...We don’t have a chance.
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