I have been a pistol permit holder without incident for over 56 years AND WITHOUT THE ANNOYANCE OF RENEWAL (permit says until revoked) and now I have to renew every 5 years, another annoying PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NYS harassment and a new money making scheme!!! ANDY AND MARIO, 2ROTTEN PEAS IN A POD. DONT FORGET TO VOTE TUES. AND JOIN NRA AND NYS RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOC.
fancy pabts - 9 years ago
This is what we call legislative harassment. The SAFE ACT targets, harasses, and criminalizes lawful citizens that have done nothing wrong (and that is only the opinion of about 90 percent of law enforcement in NYS, and every cop I talk to, but what do they know?). These same pathetic legislatures would not have the nerve, nor the back bone to legislate law that attacks real criminals, like mandatory sentences for violent felons, the death penalty, mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients (the breading ground for felons), but why do anything like that, when it is easier to just demonize lawful gun owners... These legislatures that voted to harass, and target the rights of lawful citizens, should be sewed, and have civil charges levied against them for harassing, and attacking the rights of lawful citizens.
Ken krauer - 9 years ago
I am an Nra life member AND A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I DONT WANT THE LIKES OF CUOMO OR ANY OTHER POLITICIAN TAMPERING WITH MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. The only ones s
"Safe" with the "safe act" are criminals who now don't have to fear an armed citizen as they use stolen guns and have no intention of obeying SLEEZY ANDYS silly law.
Nathan - 9 years ago
Perhaps if Cuomo was not a hack he would have had the guts to face the real problem with the mass shootings that have been going on.... Mental Illness and Media Coverage that loves to plaster the tools name up in head lines (This is a loners dream and a fast way to let everyone know they exist).
A concerned citizen - 9 years ago
Bill Connors says:
"Our police are little more than clean-up crews. They sort out the mess left by the thugs .... They DO NOT protect us"
I fear it is worse than this. Your governor cuomo (he doesn't merit a capital "C") said "confiscation is an option" and this law does just that --it confiscates at death from those who registered. No passing on legally acquired valuable property to heirs. In other words, outright theft without compensation. I've already read of cases where people were charged with having something perfectly legal in most of the US.
What happens if, or perhaps when, he decides to confiscate from the living? Local cops may decline, but what about state police? That has the potential to get ugly. Our forefathers would not have tolerated this. Neither should you.
Robin Moore - 9 years ago
Everyone should be appalled at the way this law was enacted.
Bill Conners - 9 years ago
What makes the First Amendment so sacred and the Second Amendment so expendable???? Slowly but surely our elected representatives disarm the law-abiding cititzens while tunring them into easy prey for criminals. Our police are little more than clean-up crews. They sort out the mess left by the thugs who rule our neighborhoods and streets. They DO NOT protect us. The sad part is the people lobbying for so-called "gun control" wil discover they disarmed the wrong people, but when they do it will be too late.
A concerned citizen - 9 years ago
"Joe" says: "Minor changes needed but no one needs automatic wespons but police and the military".
Hmm.....let's see....Automatic weapons are ALREADY illegal and have been for decades. If you don't know the difference between SEMI auto and FULL auto then perhaps expressing an opinion is a bad idea. It's a shame that the knowingly uninformed are allowed to vote.
And what's up with the "no one needs" nonsense. Since when did we swap our Bill of Rights for a "Bill of Needs as decided by people who know almost nothing"? Study some history, Joe. The 2nd Amendment is specifically intended to allow the citizenry to be armed. You do not get to determine what someone else "needs". That is a very slippery slope. You want to go there? Fine. I'll decide what you don't "need".
I'm still amazed that those who have chosen to lawful exercise their 2nd Amendment rights listen to those who have not. Eventually they won't listen and then what? There is an expression out there erroneously attributed to Jefferson along the lines of "The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that is isn't needed until someone tries to take it from you". Our forefathers would never have tolerated such intrusions into their rights. Perhaps once day Americans will again decide enough is enough and put an end to nanny state nonsense.
Kevin - 9 years ago
Who has automatic weapons?
Fred - 9 years ago
The SAFE act doesn't make anyone safer except the criminals that don't follow the law anyway. They know that now law abiding citizens are limited to the number of rounds they can load in their legal guns. They will load whatever they want in theirs. The cosmetic features that they are saying make up an "assault weapon" are just that. Cosmetics that may improve slightly the accuracy and better fit for people that do shooting competitions. It's amazing that a semiauto rifle with some cosmetics is called an assault rifle when it is not . What the police and military have are true assault rifles with full automatic fire but for them it's called a "patrol rifle"
The other thing about this law is the message of necessity used to cram it through in the dead of the night . Thanks to Coumo and our state legislature there was no time for public input on the bill. It's amazing that a law dealing with constitutional rights can be voted and approved within hours of release where probably most lawmakers didn't even get a chance to read the full bill The same lawmakers that debated longer on what the NY state snack should be, rather then the rights of its citizens.
Hopefully things change after election and or the SAFE act is thrown out in court.
Joe - 9 years ago
Minor changes needed but no one needs automatic wespons but police and the military.
I have been a pistol permit holder without incident for over 56 years AND WITHOUT THE ANNOYANCE OF RENEWAL (permit says until revoked) and now I have to renew every 5 years, another annoying PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NYS harassment and a new money making scheme!!! ANDY AND MARIO, 2ROTTEN PEAS IN A POD. DONT FORGET TO VOTE TUES. AND JOIN NRA AND NYS RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOC.
This is what we call legislative harassment. The SAFE ACT targets, harasses, and criminalizes lawful citizens that have done nothing wrong (and that is only the opinion of about 90 percent of law enforcement in NYS, and every cop I talk to, but what do they know?). These same pathetic legislatures would not have the nerve, nor the back bone to legislate law that attacks real criminals, like mandatory sentences for violent felons, the death penalty, mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients (the breading ground for felons), but why do anything like that, when it is easier to just demonize lawful gun owners... These legislatures that voted to harass, and target the rights of lawful citizens, should be sewed, and have civil charges levied against them for harassing, and attacking the rights of lawful citizens.
I am an Nra life member AND A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I DONT WANT THE LIKES OF CUOMO OR ANY OTHER POLITICIAN TAMPERING WITH MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. The only ones s
"Safe" with the "safe act" are criminals who now don't have to fear an armed citizen as they use stolen guns and have no intention of obeying SLEEZY ANDYS silly law.
Perhaps if Cuomo was not a hack he would have had the guts to face the real problem with the mass shootings that have been going on.... Mental Illness and Media Coverage that loves to plaster the tools name up in head lines (This is a loners dream and a fast way to let everyone know they exist).
Bill Connors says:
"Our police are little more than clean-up crews. They sort out the mess left by the thugs .... They DO NOT protect us"
I fear it is worse than this. Your governor cuomo (he doesn't merit a capital "C") said "confiscation is an option" and this law does just that --it confiscates at death from those who registered. No passing on legally acquired valuable property to heirs. In other words, outright theft without compensation. I've already read of cases where people were charged with having something perfectly legal in most of the US.
What happens if, or perhaps when, he decides to confiscate from the living? Local cops may decline, but what about state police? That has the potential to get ugly. Our forefathers would not have tolerated this. Neither should you.
Everyone should be appalled at the way this law was enacted.
What makes the First Amendment so sacred and the Second Amendment so expendable???? Slowly but surely our elected representatives disarm the law-abiding cititzens while tunring them into easy prey for criminals. Our police are little more than clean-up crews. They sort out the mess left by the thugs who rule our neighborhoods and streets. They DO NOT protect us. The sad part is the people lobbying for so-called "gun control" wil discover they disarmed the wrong people, but when they do it will be too late.
"Joe" says: "Minor changes needed but no one needs automatic wespons but police and the military".
Hmm.....let's see....Automatic weapons are ALREADY illegal and have been for decades. If you don't know the difference between SEMI auto and FULL auto then perhaps expressing an opinion is a bad idea. It's a shame that the knowingly uninformed are allowed to vote.
And what's up with the "no one needs" nonsense. Since when did we swap our Bill of Rights for a "Bill of Needs as decided by people who know almost nothing"? Study some history, Joe. The 2nd Amendment is specifically intended to allow the citizenry to be armed. You do not get to determine what someone else "needs". That is a very slippery slope. You want to go there? Fine. I'll decide what you don't "need".
I'm still amazed that those who have chosen to lawful exercise their 2nd Amendment rights listen to those who have not. Eventually they won't listen and then what? There is an expression out there erroneously attributed to Jefferson along the lines of "The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that is isn't needed until someone tries to take it from you". Our forefathers would never have tolerated such intrusions into their rights. Perhaps once day Americans will again decide enough is enough and put an end to nanny state nonsense.
Who has automatic weapons?
The SAFE act doesn't make anyone safer except the criminals that don't follow the law anyway. They know that now law abiding citizens are limited to the number of rounds they can load in their legal guns. They will load whatever they want in theirs. The cosmetic features that they are saying make up an "assault weapon" are just that. Cosmetics that may improve slightly the accuracy and better fit for people that do shooting competitions. It's amazing that a semiauto rifle with some cosmetics is called an assault rifle when it is not . What the police and military have are true assault rifles with full automatic fire but for them it's called a "patrol rifle"
The other thing about this law is the message of necessity used to cram it through in the dead of the night . Thanks to Coumo and our state legislature there was no time for public input on the bill. It's amazing that a law dealing with constitutional rights can be voted and approved within hours of release where probably most lawmakers didn't even get a chance to read the full bill The same lawmakers that debated longer on what the NY state snack should be, rather then the rights of its citizens.
Hopefully things change after election and or the SAFE act is thrown out in court.
Minor changes needed but no one needs automatic wespons but police and the military.