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Guns subject of political drama in Monroe County legislature

Posted on March 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Republicans and one Democrat joined County Executive Maggie Brooks in signing a resolution urging repeal of the SAFE Act.

The resolution, which has no legal bearing but can carry weight in the court of public opinion, called the law an unfunded mandate.

Gun activists packed the chambers and spoke out against the law for more than an hour during a public forum.

A recent Siena College poll showed that while two-thirds of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act, 59 percent of those surveyed upstate oppose it.

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Town of Geddes votes to repeal New York Safe Act

Posted on March 12, 2013 by | 1 comment

At a meeting on Tuesday night, board members in the Town of Geddes voted 5-2 to repeal the New York Safe Act.

The town’s decision is more symbolic than purposeful. “It’s just to put pressure at the top to say, ‘Look it, we’re not in favor of what’s going on here,'” said Manny Falcone, Town Supervisor. “Gives us that right to be heard, so we can move forward in the right way.”

Falcone felt voting to repeal the act was the best decision for the town. “In my mind, I know it’s the right thing to do,” explained Falcone. “I’ve had a lot of constituents call in favor of it.”

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Monroe County takes stand against the New York SAFE Act

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Monroe County has taken a stand against the New York SAFE Act. The act has been the topic of heated debate since Governor Cuomo signed it into law in January.

Tuesday night, the Monroe County Legislature announced it will send a letter to the governor’s office that says it is joining the dozens of other counties who are calling for the SAFE Act to be repealed.

The county will send the letter to Albany. To read the letter, click here. In it, they say the New York’s SAFE Act has clearly missed its mark and fails to offer real solutions to gun violence.

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Clinton County draft resolution changed to call for repeal of NY SAFE act

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The original resolution that the legislature was going to vote on Wednesday called for reconsideration of the new law. But the crowd asked repeatedly for stronger wording, saying it should be repealed altogether.

The committee agreed and withdrew the resolution, calling a meeting for Tuesday morning to draw up a new measure.

The new resolution substitutes the word “repeal” instead of “reconsideration.”

It also asks for a possible amendment “of certain provisions contained therein that negatively affect law-abiding citizens, business persons, the health and mental-health communities and county government.”

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Residents of New Baltimore Pass Resolution to Repeal SAFE Act

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NEW BALTIMORE — Residents of New Baltimore have called for their town board to protect the “valued tradition” of “lawful ownership and use of firearms.”

A resolution passed by members of the New Baltimore town board Monday night called for the repeal of the enactment of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013.

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Dutchess County Legislature calls to repeal and revise SAFE Act

Posted on March 12, 2013 by | 2 comments

The Dutchess County Legislature voted Monday night, 20-4, to approve a resolution officially calling for the repeal of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.

Legislators Steve White, D-Poughkeepsie, Minority Leader Barbara Jeter-Jackson, D-Poughkeepsie, Francena Amparo, D-Wappinger, and Joel Tyner, D-Clinton, voted against the resolution.

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Columbia County Sheriff says he opposes parts of NY SAFE Act

Posted on March 10, 2013 by | 1 comment

Columbia County Sheriff David Harrison publicly stated his opposition to the NY Safe Act on Thursday in a meeting with the Public Safety Committee of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. The supervisors followed with passing a resolution stating their intent to work on drafting a resolution expressing their opposition to parts of the bill.

The resolution of intent, quickly worded together by supervisors Thursday, would require cooperation with the County Government Committee and County Attorney’s Office on piecing the language together.

Harrison said he was opposed to the NY SAFE Act and would support a resolution by the supervisors to ask state legislatures to oppose the legislation, though he said “not everything is bad as far as we’re concerned.”

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Broome County legislators plan to introduce a resolution opposing NY SAFE

Posted on March 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Some Republican Broome County legislators plan to introduce a resolution this month stating their opposition to New York’s new gun control law.

The legislators were joined by Broome County Executive Debbie Preston, Sheriff Dave Harder and Mental Health Commissioner Art Johnson at a news conference at the Sheriff’s Office Thursday. The officials say they’ve heard a lot of anger from their constituents who oppose the new restrictions which ban certain assault weapons, limit the size of ammunition clips to 7 bullets and force mental health providers to report on their patients.

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Lewis County Sheriff reflects on his gun rally attendance

Posted on March 9, 2013 by | 1 comment

Three bus loads of people headed from the North Country to Albany Thursday to fight for their Second Amendment rights.

Members of the Lewis County community were escorted by Lewis County Sheriff Michael Carpinelli to a demonstration against New York’s SAFE Act.

Carpinelli says he was proud to attend the rally to address issues with the new law and to show that upstate can peacefully demonstrate their knowledge on the matter. He says the people he serves don’t feel any safer and believe the law does not help protect those who need it most.

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Franklin County Legislators oppose SAFE Act

Posted on March 8, 2013 by | 1 comment

Franklin County legislators have taken a stand against the state’s new gun law and may spell out the changes they’d like to see in a future resolution.

Legislators voted unanimously Thursday to oppose the Safe Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) and to assure the hundreds of people who have called them in the past two weeks that they would take action.

Residents will have more chances to comment in the coming days.

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