TTAG commentator One If By Land posted this underneath ArmaLite: We Won’t Stop Selling to Gun Ban State LEOs:
I’ve informed ArmaLite that in NYS, Section 74 (d) of the NYS Public Officer’s law (which applies to ALL government employers, sworn officers and civilians alike) specifically prohibits an employee of the State (or political subdivision) from receiving special benefits (by virtue of their employment with the state) that are not available to the general public. To wit . . .
New York State Consolidated Laws
Section 74 of the Public Officers’ Law.
d). No officer or employee of a state agency, member of the
legislature or legislative employee should use or attempt to use his
official position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for
himself or others.
So, at least in NYS, private sales of “assault weapons” to LEO’s in this state is a violation of the NYS Public Officer’s law, whereas LEO’s use their position to seek exemptions to state law as well as seeking unwarranted privileges not available to the general public, simply by virtue of their position within the government.
Additionally, the recently enacted NY SAFE Act (which outlaws the sales of so-called “assault rifles” in the state), does not even exempt LEO’s in their official capacity as it currently stands, let alone for private sales. Any sales to LEO’s in NYS, including private sales, is in direct conflict with State Law.
Gun control must be like one of those stupid “magic eye” pictures (remember those?)
You either cross your eyes and contort your vision to make a picture out of a sea of nonsense, or, you lie through your teeth and say “oh, yeah! it’s a…tiger, right?”
I never could see those damn things.
Methinks that, legally, this does not apply if the “unwarranted privilege” is specifically codified in the law. So, since the self-defense rifle ban specifically exempts LE officers, then they would not have broken the law.
Armalite won’t care as they are cops first and put that ahead of the second amendment.
“With the non-existent ability to acquire a gun …”
Citizen disarmament advocates always assume such a goal is possible regardless of the fact that the following means their goal is by definition impossible:
(1) Criminals successfully smuggle 100s of tons of contraband into the country every year.
(2) Dishonest authorities accept bribes every day which enable criminals to operate with impunity.
(3) Criminals manufacture contraband domestically.
(4) Almost anyone can make a crude yet effective single shot gun from $10 of supplies readily available at any good hardware store.
So their first premise is demonstrably impossible. Is there any point in paying any attention to the rest of their rambling?
+2
You beat me to it. Alcohol didn’t go anywhere during prohibition. Cocaine, heroine, marijuana etc hasn’t gone anywhere during the War on (some) Drugs. But rest assured, if we ban guns, then they will all magically disappear and there will be no more homicides with firearms.
Arbitrarily making something illegal doesn’t make it vanish. Every time I realize the person I’m talking to is operating on that assumption I want to just grab them and shake them while yelling “If making something illegal made it vanish, then there would be no crime!!!”
Interesting how most (if not all) of these perverse targets seem to be depicting White people as the “threat”. I wonder if there would be as many apologist trolls trying to “rationalize” it if it were, say, Jews, for example, being depicted as the “threat”?
I am always very pleased when a .50 -$1.00 cartridge can save tax payers up to $40,000 a year.
I watched as much as I could, and it was funny, and ridiculous, but it did get me thinking….
Are we missing something? Is there really a gun genie out there that can just go “AlaKazaam!” and make them all disappear? We need better genie control, just to be safe. If it can save one gun…
“I miss America.”
Not worth 6 minutes, but it’s a slightly amusing bit of satire.
Favorite part, starting at 2:00… did research on Brady and VPC web sites, discovered that bolt-, lever-, and pump-action guns that shoot one bullet at a time can actually hold lots of bullets and are much more accurate than regular semi-automatic machine guns – so we need to also ban these new types of guns that have been released on the market recently.
Someone has a serious case of cabin fever.
At least the comments in the video aren’t blocked, having a good time skimming through those lol.
What did Rick James say? “Cocaine is a helluva drug” Yeah this kid’s an idiot.
He seems to be a perfect example of the pro-choice argument.
I am pretty sure this is a joke. It’s hilarious. He knows too much info to be anti-gun, for instance he mentions switching to bow hunting. He shoots down all the proposed laws (using our logic) as not going far enough and advocates absolute ridiculousness. Think of him as embodying Feinstein.
Also, “That’s the only reason guns exist is to murder people, innocent people, which is why only the police and world governments need guns.”
Purely satirical guys.
This exchange from Casablanca sums it up for me:
Ugarte: You despise me, don’t you?
Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.
Yeah… Clearly said “End of argument” at 1:20. But he goes on for like 5 more minutes. I didn’t. Hopefully that’s when he said “Just kidding! 2A for life, y’all.”
I guess you guys missed the humor. I thought this was very funny. Best line: “Only police and world government should be allowed to have guns.” I laughed out loud. Good satire from a young guy.
I think my upstairs neighbor would feel a bit put out if I fired warning shots in the air in a defensive situation. My downstairs neighbor probably would be similarly displeased if I fired into the floor. With respect to the VPOTUS, I don’t think this “warning shot” thing is going to work out for me.
I must repeat crime is the preferred Progressive method of social control. If you let the thugs rule the streets it forces people to live in fear, depresses economic activity, creates poverty and dependence, and atomizes society leaving the individual at the mercy of those who can use force. It allows the state to maintain control of a subservient population without resorting to oppressive security practices. The Progressive police state is a soft police state that turns the entire country into a minimum security prison. (double meaning intended.)
Gonna buy me a double-barrel and have it engraved “The Bidenator.” Yeah, baybee!
Please join me in the movement to give our VP a nickname he deserves.
Blind-Fire Joe
Everytime I see an inert LAW tube or AT-4 Trainer at a gun buy back I want to got to the nearest Army Post DRMO, buy a pallet of the tubes and then just drive to a bunch of buy-back events to see if I can make a few bucks… Last time I was at Bragg’s DRMO you could buy a box full for a couple hundred bucks… I always thought… “what the heck would I do with 20-25 3 foot fibeglass tubes- give ’em to the kids to play G.I.Joe?”
I’m shocked that they didn’t move down to a one-feature ban, if anything.