Gun
owners' strategy 'kills' new registration Move called 'stunning repudiation' of Democrat governor, allies
by Bob Hohmann, WND
In a move
described as a “stunning repudiation” of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his
“anti-gun Democrat allies,” residents of the state have issued a “veto” of a
new gun regulation. By simply ignoring it.
The impact of the move
was described recently by the Gun Owners of America. “We now know that less than 4.5 percent of the
‘assault weapons’ in New York were registered with the state as required by the
draconian 2013 law, despite threats and warnings from hysterical New York
Democrats and their allies in the media,” said a posting from Bob Owens on the
GOA website.
“This is an even greater refusal rate than was
experienced in next door Connecticut, where anti-gun [advocates] rammed through
a similar law in the wake of Sandy Hook [and] saw at least 85 percent of the
Constitution State’s gun owners defiantly refuse to register their firearms,
some going so far as to dare Gov. Dannel Malloy … to attempt confiscation,” GAO
said. GAO called it a “stunning repudiation” of Cuomo.
The revolt began in 2013 when New York, like
neighboring Connecticut, adopted a number of gun measures after the Sandy Hook
school shooting in which one man shot and killed 20 children and six adults
before killing himself.
One of the requirements was that people who own
what the state newly defined as an “assault weapon” register it with the state.
Such weapons were defined by certain characteristics, some of which were
cosmetic. For example, triggering features include a detachable magazine or a
pistol grip.
At the time, the move
drew the opposition of the state
sheriff’s association,
which said the wording prevents the possession of “many weapons that are
legitimately used for hunting, target shooting and self-defense.”
So in the time since adoption, 23,847 New
Yorkers have registered the weapons they believe fall into the category of
assault weapons. But the GOA said there are an estimated “at least” 1 million
firearms that fall under the definition in the state.
The law went into effect in January 2013, and
the numbers were given to attorney Paloma Capanna in a recent lawsuit action.
“Folks, this is stunning, [by] any measure,” the GOA commentary said. “As Frank
Minister noted last year just days before the registration deadline, the
National Shooting Sports Foundation conservatively estimated the number of
firearms that qualify as ‘assault weapons’ under New York’s law were ‘at least’
one million.”
The law was adopted by lawmakers on Jan. 25,
2013, in the middle of the night and described as so critical that a three-day
review period was waived. It bans “high-capacity magazines,” imposes new
background check requirements, requires stolen guns to be reported, requires
“safe storage” and increases penalties for taking a gun on school property.
Cuomo
said it “stops criminals and the
dangerously mentally ill from buying a gun by requiring universal background
checks on gun purchases, increases penalties for people who use illegal guns,
mandates life in prison without parole for anyone who murders a first
responder, and imposes the toughest assault weapons ban in the country.”
The Times-Union reported critics of the law contending that the
low level of compliance “was proof of a widespread boycott.”
“The people of New York State who have been
calling for a repeal (of the SAFE Act) have decided to repeal it on their own
by not complying,” Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle & Pistol
Association, told the paper.
In Connecticut, a similar ban resulted in the
registration of 50,016 “assault weapons.” But Connecticut has 3.6 million
residents to New York’s 19.5 million.
Associated
Press reported a state group,
NY2A, called the law a failure because of the low compliance level.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/gun-owners-strategy-kills-new-registration/
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