Sentences with phrase «law abiding gun owners in»

Sparaco explained, «We have all come together here today in a bipartisan approach to publicly condemn the Journal News for their ill - conceived attempt to criminalize law abiding gun owners in Rockland County.

I understand that there are responsible and law abiding gun owners in our country — and I want to respect that — but I hope they understand the stories of my neighborhood and my efforts to stop the shooting.

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«We recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens.

«We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens,» Stack wrote.

With 300 million firearms in private hands (one - third of them pistols), the overwhelming majority of gun owners ARE responsible, law - abiding citizens, which is why these horrific massacres are not commonplace, but rather horrific outliers that can never be legislated away (e.g. DC, Chicago, and «Gun Free Zones»).

«This is the latest evidence that Anthony Brindisi is a phony Albany politician who claims to represent law - abiding gun owners when in reality, he is backed by a gun control group and votes to fund Cuomo's unconstitutional SAFE Act.

Most Erie County Democratic voters are hard - working, ethnic, traditional, conservative people who believe in common sense ideas like: taxes are too high; criminals belong in jail; police should be respected; law abiding gun owners are not the root of our crime problem; plastic bags should be legal and that life is sacred.

Doran said she is in favor of measures that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the rights of law - abiding gun owners and that's why she supports a ban on military - grade assault - style weapons, strengthening background checks, as well as legislation to stop convicted domestic abusers from having access to guns.

So when he speaks out about the flaws in the SAFE law, and in favor of New York's law - abiding gun owners, the Governor and the Legislature should listen carefully.

We came together, both Democrats and Republicans, to enact strict gun control measures because we fundamentally believed that we could both protect our communities while safeguarding the constitutional rights of law - abiding gun owners in our state.

An estimated million plus, formerly law abiding, gun owners have refused to comply with Cuomo and down state Democrat's naive belief that the NY Safe Act, passed in a so called emergency session of the New York legislature, could force free people to register their hard earned property.

Robert Romanowski of Monsey explained that the town board's support was a mistake which approved the criminalization law - abiding citizens, did not address the real causes of crime, and did not express the prevailing opinion of gun owners in the town of Ramapo.

Kolb said he voted against the strict gun control measures approved by Cuomo and the Legislature after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, shootings in 2012, saying they unfairly harm law - abiding gun owners.

Critics of the legislation, which is among the most strict in the nation, say the law unfairly targets law - abiding gun owners.

There are some proposals that demand a «line in the sand» position, namely: abortion expansion, the oxymoron «same sex marriage» and the war on law abiding gun owners (e.g. SAFE).

«I voted against the NY - SAFE Act when it was first proposed and have joined law - abiding gun owners in calling for full repeal of this over-reaching, flawed policy ever since it was rushed into law,» Seward said in a statement.

«Concealed carry reciprocity is a common - sense reform that reduces confusion for law - abiding gun owners who wish to travel to other concealed - carry states,» Faso said in the statement, adding that out - of - state carriers would have to follow New York state and local prohibitions on weapons in bars, churches, public buildings and other institutions.

And, in just two days, officials from the Senate and Assembly, along with the governor, forced through a major piece of legislation that, at the end of the day, doesn't address the major problems associated with gun violence but instead impedes on the rights of law abiding gun owners.

Ball said, «There are literally bills in the State Assembly that direct the state police to go the homes of law - abiding gun owners now, to take, to make illegal the firearms that they have now, to turn those law - abiding gun owners into criminals.

WHEREAS, requiring law - abiding gun owners to verify ownership of certain types of firearms every five years, in addition to registering them on their permits, which now also must be renewed every 5 years, does not increase the safety of the public and is unnecessarily burdensome to the residents of New York State; and

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Both he and Howard say the current hodgepodge of gun laws across the country put law abiding pistol permit owners in jeopardy when they cross state lines.

The Rockland County Times shares in the community's frustration with the tactics of the Journal News, particularly the seeming attempt to draw a moral link between law abiding gun owners and the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Although the pilot sets up a potentially provocative scenario in which a law - abiding gun owner becomes an object of government suspicion, Shooter ultimately feels diluted and toothless.

The law as drafted forced taxpayers to finance 3 years of incarceration for people who literally pose no threat to anyone: the section would have applied to law - abiding gun owners who happen to step briefly outside the terms of their license in the same way it would to a maniac taking a loaded gun to a daycare center.

In R. v. Nur the result flowed from analysis of a reasonable hypothetical fact pattern, such as the otherwise law - abiding gun owner who would be equally caught by the law.