Out of the millions of New Yorkers that must register under the 2013 law, only 24,000 of them have actually done so. And, much of those who did comply were cops.
“I am amused at the pathetically low numbers of New Yorkers who registered their so-called assault rifles,” said Tom King, President of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association. “The number of individuals who registered their guns is 24,000 and many of these are law-enforcement officials mandated to comply by their department.”
We’re not only amused, we’re elated that the majority of New York gun owners have chosen to obey the highest law of the land above all else: our Constitution.
“New York gun owners know it is flawed and they are not complying with it. I am confident that we will ultimately prevail in getting significant portions of the law overturned in the courts.”
The SAFE Act, which created a gun registry for semiautomatic weapons using detachable magazines, was practically ignored by both gun owners and sheriffs since it was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013.
Protestors against the law marked the April 15 registration deadline by destroying state registration cards.
“They have been shredding the Constitution for years,” gun owner Rus Thompson said. “You shred the Constitution, we’ll shred any form you want us to fill out.”
“They can’t arrest a million people. What are they going to do?”
Erie Co. Sheriff Timothy B. Howard publicly said he wouldn’t enforce the SAFE Act.
“The Constitution is the law of the land,” he stated. “If you know it’s a violation of the Constitution, how can you enforce it?”
cool beans New York, keep it up