Empire State DA: I won’t prosecute Cuomo’s new gun law
An upstate New York prosecutor told Human Events he will not go after an individual for a misdemeanor violation of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, signed into law on Jan. 15, in an extraordinary two-minute-drill session of the state’s legislature.
“As I do in all cases, I considered all of the circumstances surrounding the summons,” said Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka.
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In determining which charges to prosecute, Czajka said he looks at the seriousness and nature of the crime together with the history of the defendant as well as enumerable other circumstances. “I determined that it was best to exercise prosecutorial discretion and decline prosecution on the charge of unlawful possession of ammunition device.”
The troopers charged Dean with having nine bullets in the magazine of his firearm, he said. “Under the new law, seven is the maximum.”
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The controversy over the SAFE act has not lessoned, said Columbia County resident Evan Hempel. “There is a certain amount of enthusiasm to undo this law.”
Hempel who is a computer programmer for IBM created a website dedicated to compiling New York Town and County resolutions both for and against the SAFE act.
“To date, 52 out of the 62 counties have entered into resolutions in opposition to the SAFE act,” he said.
“We are keeping people in the loop as election season rolls around,” he said.
