Oh, I forgot all about this.
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Organizing for Action was going to bus drones to Albany, joining forces with the SEIU to clash with NRA pro 2nd Amendment folks at their rally, Thursday, but in the end, they thought better of it.
The Blaze reported:
The National Rifle Association on Thursday held a massive rally in Albany, N.Y. to protest the Empire State’s restrictive gun laws signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January. The state’s massive gun control package gave New York the strictest gun laws in the United States.
NRA President David Keene fired up thousands of supporters outside the state Capitol, saying “we’ve lose battles before, we’ll not lose this war.”
“We’ll help you defeat the politicians depriving you of your rights,” Keene said. “We’ll do whatever is necessary. We will not allow those freedoms to be taken from us.”
Biz Journal reported:
In a muddy park outside the state Capitol, NRA president David Keene punctuated his speech by hoisting a green Remington Arms union T-shirt—a prominent reminder that major and small employers alike in New York’s Mohawk Valley could be impacted by the new gun laws.
The laws, passed last month after the shooting of 20 first-graders at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, don’t say anything about manufacturing firearms. The laws, championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, do ban the sale of almost all semi-automatic weapons within state lines (and take a number of other steps).
Remington employs 1,300 union workers in the village of Ilion, 80 miles west of Albany. The sprawling factory that makes more than 730,000 firearms each year. About 50 Remington employees attended the rally.
Speakers at the gun rally included Senator Mike Nozzolio, Assemblyman Brian Kolb and NRA President David Keene:
Senator Greg Ball gave a fiery speech at gun rally:
“This is a tough, disgusting, nasty business, and I don’t know how long I’ll be involved with it, but as long as I’m in politics, I’ll be standing shoulder to shoulder with you, and I will fight with you until hell freezes over….” he told the crowd:
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin @ Albany, NY Pro Gun Rally 2/28/13:
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March, 1, 2013 at 7:33 am
CUOMO HAS TO GO!
March, 1, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Yes,
He goes, and Remington stays!! Get rid of the polititions causing this to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
March, 1, 2013 at 7:43 pm
proud to be a american , let’s vote real americans next time , stand united , we stay they go,
March, 1, 2013 at 7:46 pm
…and please leave a comment if you visited this site, you believe in freedom don’t you ?
March, 2, 2013 at 1:27 pm
From Australia where a nasty little maggott called John Howard did what Obummer is trying to do. Please stick to your guns.
March, 2, 2013 at 5:27 pm
” The beauty of the Second Ammendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it away” Thomas Jefferson
March, 2, 2013 at 5:39 pm
The first lawsuit against the NY SAFE Law is up in Court. . . . . .
N.Y. must defend new gun law in court March 11
ALBANY — A state judge has accepted a constitutional challenge to the NY SAFE Act after opponents filed a complaint Thursday.
Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly signed an order Friday directing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to “show cause” in court March 11 that the law should not be enjoined.
According to a gun-rights group leading the complaint, We the People of New York Inc., 1,256 plaintiffs from 58 New York counties filed a constitutional challenge in the Albany County court Thursday. The complaint argues that Cuomo’s “message of necessity,” used to push the bill through the Legislature without the required three-day waiting period, included misrepresentations and violates the state constitution.
Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi responded to the lawsuit in an email, saying, “We believe the law is, and the process was, valid and constitutional.”
The lawsuit also names Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County; Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx; and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan.
Continues at link:
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130301/NEWS/303010054/N-Y-must-defend-new-gun-law-court-March-11?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|s
[There are several challenges to the Law that will be filed by numerous groups, this is only the first to be heard]
March, 2, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Thanks for the tip, Geo. See post above.