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Cuomo Administration Claims SAFE Act Would Have Stopped Orlando Attack, Quickly Proven Wrong
Cuomo administration officials have been bragging that NY's SAFE Act, would have prevented the terrorist attack in Orlando. New reports indicate otherwise.
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Despite Upholding SAFE Act, Federal Court Inadvertently Admits It Will Never Stop Gun Crimes
New York State Governor Cuomo boasted that “common sense prevailed” when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that New York’s SAFE Act and laws in Connecticut…
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Cuomo Continues Pushing For Federal Gun Control In Wake Of Aide’s Death
At a recent breakfast in Harlem, Governor Andrew Cuomo continued to call for federal gun control, saying his SAFE Act wasn’t able to prevent the shooting death of a former…
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After Aide Shot By Illegal Gun, Cuomo Suggests Even More Gun Control
Despite knowing full well that his top aide was shot using a gun obtained illegally, Governor Cuomo is pushing for a national gun control policy to emulate his SAFE Act.…
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Malcolm Smith – Democrat Co-Sponsor of the SAFE Act – Sentenced to 7 Years In Prison
Malcolm Smith, a prominent Democrat state senator and co-sponsor of Governor Cuomo’s SAFE Act, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for trying to rig the New York City mayoral election…
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Gun Owners to Cuomo: Take Your Unconstitutional SAFE Act and Shove It
After a much-publicized court battle between State Police and gun groups, numbers for the registration of so-called “assault-style” weapons under Governor Cuomo’s unconstitutional SAFE Act have been released. The numbers…
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Kahr Arms Delivers Jobs to PA, After Fleeing NY’s SAFE Act
Come July, Kahr Arms, an ammunition company that spent a majority of it’s existence in New York’s Rockland County, will open a brand new office on over 600 acres of property…
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Shootings Up 45% In De Blasio’s SAFE Act-Loving, Frisk-Free New York City
In the profiling-free, pro-SAFE Act utopia of New York City, shootings in some areas have risen over 45%, while the number of victims in other locations practically doubled. Via the New…
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DeFrancisco Confirms: Cuomo Pressured Republicans on Skelos Replacement
Upstate conservative Senator John DeFrancisco has confirmed that Governor Cuomo “made calls” and pressured Republicans to elect his preferred choice, John Flanagan, for Senate Majority Leader. In an exclusive report…
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Pro-SAFE Act Group Accused of Violating SAFE Act In Their Anti-Gun Video
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Set up a fake gun shop in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, label the guns by their matching style…
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SAFE Act Fail: Murders, Shootings Up In New York City
New crime statistics released by the NYPD indicate that 2015 has seen a rise in both murders and shootings in NYC, a fact which directly contradicts liberal claims that Governor…
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Bills to Amend or Repeal SAFE Act Get Democrat Backer
Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi has joined Senator James Seward in introducing legislation that would amend or repeal some provisions of Governor Cuomo’s gun control SAFE Act. Brindisi, a Democrat, cited “responsible…
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Cuomo Aide, Anthony Weiner Engage In Epic Twitter Battle
Disgraced former NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and spokesman for New York’s Governor Cuomo, Rich Azzopardi, engaged in a childish, yet epic Twitter battle this week. All of which begs…
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Cuomo’s SAFE Act Shuts Down Another Business
Kordell Jackson, owner of two gun shop locations known as Jackson Guns and Ammo for over a decade, has had to shut down both stores. The most recent closing occurred…
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Navy Vet Sues Governor Cuomo After He Has Guns Confiscated
New York Democrats, despite Governor Cuomo stating explicitly that gun “confiscation could be an option” in his state, tried desperately to say that such an idea was simply right-wing paranoia.…
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Anti-Gun Liberals Claim SAFE Act Working Because Death Rates Dropped – BEFORE It Passed
A rather cute effort by anti-gun nuts in New York state. The Legislative Gazette ran a story about a study that allegedly shows states with strict gun laws have lower…
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Remington CEO: SAFE Act DID Help Us Decide to Move Jobs Out of New York
File this under ‘water is wet.’ Remington Arms CEO George Kollitides wrote a letter to upstate officials explaining that while there are certainly numerous other contributing factors, Governor Cuomo’s SAFE Act…
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Cuomo’s SAFE Act Forces Remington Arms to Drop Another 126 Employees
Remington Arms has announced that they will be laying off another 126 employees on Veteran’s Day, citing budgetary reasons and a “soft” market outlook. Via WIBX: Remington Arms in Ilion…
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Thousands of New Yorkers Having Their Constitutional Rights Stripped By SAFE Act
If you have a mental health issue that could require professional treatment such as depression or anxiety and you own a gun, you may need to think twice before seeking…
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Bill Would Allow ‘Anyone’ to Have Guns Confiscated
New York City assemblyman Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) is introducing a bill that would allow law enforcement, relatives, or “anyone who’s concerned,” to initiate a restraining order against an individual that would prevent them…
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Astorino Vows to Repeal SAFE Act, Says Gun Owners Scare Cuomo
Republican challenger Rob Astorino vowed on Sunday to repeal the controversial SAFE Act, and said two things scare Governor Cuomo above all else – gun owners and voters. Via NewsDay:…
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SAFE Act Advocate Who Brought Loaded Gun to Elementary School Avoids Jail Time
A gun control advocate and ardent SAFE Act supporter, Dwayne Ferguson, who was arrested in February for carrying a loaded handgun on public school property, avoided jail time and received an incredibly…
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Sheriff Warns About Phase Two of the SAFE Act
Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois warned constituents at a recent town hall meeting that there may be a second phase of the SAFE Act gun control legislation heading to New…
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Cuomo’s SAFE Act Leads To More Jobs Lost At Remington Arms
This past February, Remington Arms announced a reduction in workforce at their Ilion plant in New York. The announcement revealed that Remington – with Governor Cuomo’s SAFE Act as a catalyst…
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Tenney Receives Endorsement From Former Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum
Last week, we started covering a primary in New York’s 22nd congressional district between Tea Party candidate Claudia Tenney, and her moderate opponent, Richard Hanna. The race has started garnering national…
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Democrat Sheriff Says SAFE Act Turned Law-Abiding Citizens Into Criminals
It isn’t just conservative pro-gun extremists who oppose the SAFE Act, as Governor Cuomo would have you believe. A bipartisan group of Second Amendment supporters attended a Challenge NY SAFE…
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Did Some GOP Lawmakers Lie About SAFE Act Funding?
Republican lawmakers created quite a stir earlier this week, when they complained to the New York Post that the recently passed budget contained secret funding for the SAFE Act. Two senators who…
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SAFE Act Handgun Recertification Program On Hold
County Clerks in New York are claiming that a little known aspect of the hastily passed SAFE Act, a requirement for handgun permit holders to recertify every five years, has…
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Report: SAFE Act Allows For Warrantless Seizure of Guns
A newly filed lawsuit claims that the registration process under New York’s SAFE Act allows police to search a gun owner’s home without a warrant, seize their weapons, and not…
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Second Amendment Group Set to Burn SAFE Act Gun Registration Cards
In an act of civil disobedience, a pro-gun group in upstate New York is preparing to burn SAFE Act gun registration cards to protest provisions of the new law. The…
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