{"id":8985,"date":"2013-09-05T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8985"},"modified":"2013-09-05T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T18:12:56","slug":"sheriffs-primaries-effect-on-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8985","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff’s primaries effect on Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Governor<\/a> does not seem happy<\/a> that candidates aren’t going along<\/a>\u00a0with his SAFE Act:<\/p>\n

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo says law enforcement officials don’t get to pick and choose which laws to enforce \u2014 and that includes the sheriffs opposed to New York’s new gun restrictions. Talking to reporters Wednesday, Cuomo says law enforcement’s job is to enforce all the laws, which are enacted by the Legislature …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really? \u00a0I can think of numerous incidents where police\/prosecutors have refused to “enforce all the laws.” \u00a0For example<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A lawyer for Albany County District Attorney David Soares<\/a> told a judge Friday that if voters don’t like the way the three-term Democrat wields his prosecutorial discretion, they can vote him out office. \u00a0The argument emerged during a nearly 90-minute hearing pitting Soares against City Court Judge William Carter, who has threatened to hold Soares’ office in contempt of court for refusing to call witnesses against four Occupy Albany protesters whom Soares says he won’t prosecute. \u00a0“It’s not something we think the people of Albany want us to do,” Soares’ special counsel, Christopher Horn, told acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin. \u00a0“We have the discretion how to use our resources, and if the citizenry of Albany County decides they don’t like how we’re using our resources, they will vote us out.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exactly. \u00a0If people don’t like what candidates are saying they won’t vote for them.<\/p>\n

Besides, according to Cuomo, law enforcement loves his SAFE Act<\/a> so clearly anyone opposed to it is doomed.<\/p>\n