Gun Rights in New York Stripped for 35,000
New York’s SAFE Act is an anti-Second Amendment abomination that deserves to be repealed or struck down. More evidence of its faulty nature comes from, of all places, The New York Times, which reports, “A newly created database of New Yorkers deemed too mentally unstable to carry firearms has grown to roughly 34,500 names, a previously undisclosed figure that has raised concerns among some mental health advocates that too many people have been categorized as dangerous.” Naturally, Brian Malte, senior national policy director of the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, argues the ends justify the means, because if even one dangerous person loses their access to a gun, “that’s a good thing.” By design, the law took guns away from a whole lot of good citizens. The bad guys, who may be mentally unhinged themselves, will still have guns. More…
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