Cuomo Signs New York Gun Bill
January 15, 2013
Andrew Cuomo, who aspires to the US presidency, beat Barack Obama to the gun control door today and signed a new gun bill called SAFE, Secure and Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.
There are good provisions in the bill but it also includes measures that impinge on peoples’ freedoms.
New York already had the toughest laws in the nation, but they sometimes hurt the very people they are meant to protect.
For example, it is illegal to defend yourself with a gun in New York. You can’t carry a gun. You have some rights in your own home. If someone breaks into your home, crosses the threshold, and is facing you, you can shoot him/her/them. Other than that, it is a potential first degree murder charge.