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Buffalo Police to Confiscate Guns from Families of Dead Relatives
Posted on November 15, 2014 by Dave Jolly
I’ve often told people that it pays to find out what laws are still on the books in your city, county and state. You never know when some liberal will find an archaic law that has not been enforced for years and suddenly take it upon themselves to start enforcing it, generally at the cost to law abiding citizens.
In the state of New York, which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, there is a little known law that has rarely been enforced that says that the family of a permitted gun owner who dies has 15 days to dispose of all firearms or turn them over to the police. If caught violating the law, which is a misdemeanor, the survivors in possession of the guns could face up to a year in jail and fines.
Daniel Derrenda, Buffalo Police Commissioner has just announced that his department is going to start enforcing this law and confiscating the guns that once belonged to legal permit holders who have died. His department is going to start cross referencing permit holders with death records and then send his officers out to confiscate the guns. He stated that when people die, family members often forget about the guns and if someone breaks in they could steal them and the guns could end up in the wrong hands. He was quoted as saying:
"At times they lay out there and the family is not aware of them and they end up just out on the street."
Isn’t the same thing possible if someone breaks into the home of a living legal gun owner? Derrenda’s logic doesn’t really make sense. It sounds more like an excuse to confiscate guns from law abiding citizens, just like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been advocating for several years.
Tom King, President of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association warns citizens to know the law before surrendering all of their guns. He said:
"They're quick to say they're going to take the guns, but they don't tell you the law doesn't apply to long guns, or that these families can sell [their loved one's] pistol or apply to keep it."
THE SAD PART OF ALL THIS, IS THE UNDERINFORMED GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US WILL SHEEPISHLY COMPLY AND SURRENDER THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Posted on November 15, 2014 by Dave Jolly
I’ve often told people that it pays to find out what laws are still on the books in your city, county and state. You never know when some liberal will find an archaic law that has not been enforced for years and suddenly take it upon themselves to start enforcing it, generally at the cost to law abiding citizens.
In the state of New York, which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, there is a little known law that has rarely been enforced that says that the family of a permitted gun owner who dies has 15 days to dispose of all firearms or turn them over to the police. If caught violating the law, which is a misdemeanor, the survivors in possession of the guns could face up to a year in jail and fines.
Daniel Derrenda, Buffalo Police Commissioner has just announced that his department is going to start enforcing this law and confiscating the guns that once belonged to legal permit holders who have died. His department is going to start cross referencing permit holders with death records and then send his officers out to confiscate the guns. He stated that when people die, family members often forget about the guns and if someone breaks in they could steal them and the guns could end up in the wrong hands. He was quoted as saying:
"At times they lay out there and the family is not aware of them and they end up just out on the street."
Isn’t the same thing possible if someone breaks into the home of a living legal gun owner? Derrenda’s logic doesn’t really make sense. It sounds more like an excuse to confiscate guns from law abiding citizens, just like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been advocating for several years.
Tom King, President of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association warns citizens to know the law before surrendering all of their guns. He said:
"They're quick to say they're going to take the guns, but they don't tell you the law doesn't apply to long guns, or that these families can sell [their loved one's] pistol or apply to keep it."
THE SAD PART OF ALL THIS, IS THE UNDERINFORMED GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US WILL SHEEPISHLY COMPLY AND SURRENDER THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS