{"id":28139,"date":"2024-03-27T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=28139"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:57:19","slug":"blakeman-looks-to-deputize-armed-residents-for-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=28139","title":{"rendered":"Blakeman looks to deputize armed residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/1010wins\/news\/nassau-county-exec-looks-to-deputize-residents-with-guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1010 WINS reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nassaucountyny.gov\/481\/County-Executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman<\/a> confirmed Wednesday that he&#8217;s looking to deputize armed residents in the event of a county-wide emergency like a hurricane &#8230; Blakeman said the special deputy sheriffs will not run around the county and act like police officers, instead they&#8217;ll keep order in the county in case of an emergency, such as a severe weather event like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Sandy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superstorm Sandy<\/a>. \u201cThey would be protecting our utilities, they would be protecting government buildings, they would be protecting shopping malls if there was looting,\u201d Blakeman told 1010 WINS &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice that neither Blakeman nor any of the other electds, including those who claim to support <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2A<\/a>, still won&#8217;t come out in public and call BS on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-signs-landmark-legislation-strengthen-gun-laws-and-bolster-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Hochul&#8217;s signature gun control law<\/a> and demand it&#8217;s repeal, but they will engage in nonsense in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/politics\/nassau-special-deputy-f72oc9g0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nassau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/midhudsonnews.com\/2024\/03\/27\/westchester-forms-gun-violence-prevention-taskforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D28139&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=28139\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=28139\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=28139\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1010 WINS reports: &#8220;Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman confirmed Wednesday that he&#8217;s looking to deputize armed residents in the event of a county-wide emergency like a hurricane &#8230; 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