NY Gov. Pataki Continues to Pander
to Anti-Gun Extremists
Pataki (R) |
New York Governor George Pataki (R) seems bent on alienating
himself from law - abiding gun owners, hunters, and conservatives - a
significant voting bloc that contributed to his election in
1998 - as he announced his latest proposal to "reinforce [New
York's] gun laws" in his State of the State Address on Wednesday,
January 3.
Pataki claims his newest proposal will "reinforce [New
York's] gun laws" - already among the strictest in the nation - and
he will also propose an increase in penalties for anyone caught
"trafficking in illegal weapons."
While it may sound like the
Governor is attempting to seize on NRA's message of enforcing
existing laws, and getting tough on real criminals, we'll have to
wait to see the particulars of this latest scheme. As they say,
the devil's in the details, and this is the same Governor who
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turned his back on law-abiding gun owners last year when he first
vetoed legislation that would have encouraged schools to teach
life-saving firearm safety courses such as NRA's award-winning
Eddie Eagle GunSafe© Program, then
- leapt feet-first into the camp
of the gun-ban community when he rammed his anti-gun legislative
package through the New York legislature. Pataki described last
year's Draconian legislation - which included language that
attempted to mirror the federal ban on so-called assault weapons
and a "ballistic fingerprinting" requirement (i.e., backdoor gun
registration, such as in Maryland) - as "common sense laws that
protect the rights of honest gun owners...."
If Pataki feels that
banning guns and registration schemes protect honest gun owners,
one has to wonder what he has in mind next.
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