Opposition to New York SAFE Act Grows

I’m not sure if that law will be able to be enforced in NY, not a whole lot of white left on that map.

I’m waiting and hoping that New York splits on gun rights the way West Virginia split off on slavery.

Any politician that signs off on a bill he/she hasn’t read, especially one concerning a Constitutional right should be removed from office immediately. Doing so shows complete and total disregard for their oath of office and any semblance of competence.

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I’m all for it! Finally the NYC and surrounding sycophantic bedroom communities could raise their own bonds to finish MTA projects. I often work in NYC but I live on the Southern Teir. We are closer to Harrisburg physically and culturally than Albany. Coantonize NYC and go after their laws the way Chicago is getting targeted now.

I’m thinking that we need to come up with some sort of legal solution to mega-cities that have drastically different political views than the rest of the state which result in the majority of the state (land / county-wise) having their votes ignored. It’s ridiculous that NYC gets to rule NY and that Chicago gets to rule IL.

The people are starting upset about the bad taste in their mouths from the laws being rammed down their throat. This is the type of stuff that we need to get out into the media.

St. Lawrence County has passed resolution opposing parts of Safe Act —

link here —

http://www.ogd.com/article/20130226/OGD01/702269810

tim

So, here’s my question. I’m a NY legislator and the Gov hands me a bill, gives me 20 minutes to read it and wants me to vote. Unless the NY State political system is very different from every other state, I think that I have the choice to say Yay, Nay, or abstain. If I have not had a chance to read it thoroughly, I could always abstain from voting. If most of the reps from the counties in the map above did that, the law might have technically passed, but without a quorum, it would have been a lot easier to fight in court later.

Alternatively, since I’m a cranky old SOB, I probably would have told the party officials ramming this down my throat that either I get time to read and consider it or I will vote “No”.

Unfortunately in the end, it comes down to the same party politics that we have at the National level. Although many of these counties may be against gun restrictions, the simple fact is that these people have elected representatives who are of the same party as the governor. As such, they will most certainly fall in line with their party’s wishes, and pretty much anything that Cuomo wants to ram down the voter’s throats gets done.

If upstate New Yorkers want things to change, then they need to start electing more non-Democrats to the state legislature. The population disparity will almost always ensure that New York City’s population gets to choose the Governor, but my guess is that the sheer number of other counties might give people of different viewpoints a numerical advantage in at least one house of the legislature. That is all that would be needed to block crap like the SAFE act.

Offer made to NYPD for a gun buyback – Guns for Beyonce’ concert tickets!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gun-buyback-proposal-trade-firearms-beyonc%C3%A9-tickets-195308327.html

The simple fact is that NY’ers outside of the “8 commie central” don’t give a flying EFF what Cuobama passed. An uncon law is not a law and I don’t know a damned soul that is complying.

I wrote a blog on the topic of all of the firearms companies refusing to sell to NY authorities:
ATTENTION NEW YORK: My latest blog
http://djstucrew.livejournal.com/17317.html

That is a horribly confusing/confused graphic.

You don’t state the premise in white and then have counties opposed to the premise also in white. To make matters worse you have two other variables labels proposed and passed…what? Did they propose and pass “anti-gun laws” – the only premise that has been indicated.
This graphic appears to dispute the entire article on first viewing.

Stand up and be heard, my brothers and sisters in arms!

Franklin County reporting in. You can add us to the “pending” list. An official resolution will be out around March 7.

I find this graphic to be both uplifting and disappointing at the same time and in some cases very surprising. I am dissapointed in the Upstate counties that border VT and Canada that have yet to issue a resolution on this law. I find it strange that parts of the state so commonly associated with hunting and known for being more likely to issue a concealed carry permit haven’t voiced their opposition. I am also equally surprised that Rockland and Putnam counties have issued resolutions condemning this law, as I have family in both those areas and they are literally infested with “city people” and very lefty in general. I had assumed that anywhere that Metro-North runs or is within commuting distance was a lost cause, but this makes me hopeful.

It’s the NYS County Clerks Association, which has represented all 62 elected or appointed County Clerks within the State. So, they represent all 62 County Clerks. It’s not just one county clerk…(hey, I’ll take what I can get!)

While I ABSOLUTELY agree with the concept, unfortunately, it’s not necessarily representative of the population centers–which is a problem for more rural areas.

As a comparison, consider this map of the 2012 Presidential election results by county.