{"id":15695,"date":"2018-01-08T07:47:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T12:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15695"},"modified":"2018-01-08T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T12:47:28","slug":"cuomo-on-who-new-yorkers-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15695","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo on who New Yorkers are"},"content":{"rendered":"

Govenor Cuomo swore in George Latimer<\/a> as Westchester County Executive yesterday and brought up gun control:<\/p>\n

“… Cuomo<\/a> also used the opportunity Sunday to take a swipe at Republican lawmakers in Washington and warn that New York is in the midst of dark times.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re making statements about who we are as a people, who we are as a society, what our character consists of, how we treat one another. They\u2019re trying to take decades of process and civil rights and human rights and roll it all back … They want to roll back our gun safety laws. All across the board,\u201d Cuomo said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pot, meet Kettle<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… The Republican Party<\/a> candidates are running against the SAFE Act \u2014 it was voted for by moderate Republicans who run the Senate<\/a>! Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that\u2019s who they are and they\u2019re the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that\u2019s not who New Yorkers are …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n