NY Safe Act - Throw everyone in jail before the law is effective

Nearly 1,000 people have been charged under the NY Safe Act in the eight months since the tougher gun control law was passed, according to the state's Division of Criminal Justice Services. The law does not take effect until January 15th 2014.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....ar_for_crimes_that_pre-date_new_gun_laws.html

From March to Oct. 22, 981 people were charged with new provisions under the Safe Act:

•864 were charged with criminal possession of a firearm, a new felony that includes having a gun with a shortened barrel or an unregistered pistol. Before the Safe Act, this behavior was a misdemeanor charge called fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, which is still on the books.
•33 were charged with having more than seven bullets inside a 10-round magazine, a violation that is the equivalent of a traffic ticket. First-time offenders face a $200 fine.
•21 were charged with criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds, a new felony.
•20 were charged with unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, a misdemeanor.
•15 were charged with aggravated criminal possession of a weapon, a felony charged when a person has a loaded firearm while committing a violent or drug trafficking felony.
•12 were charged with criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon - also called straw purchases. The Safe Act elevated an existing law banning sales of a firearms, rifles or shotguns to a disqualified gun owner from a misdemeanor to a felony.
•7 people were charged with the felony of possession of an unloaded firearm during a violent felony or drug trafficking felony.
•7 people were charged with failing to register an assault weapon, a requirement that doesn't go into effect until next year.
•1 person was charged with failing to safety store a rifle, shotgun or firearm when another resident in the home is prohibited from possessing a firearm. This is a misdemeanor.
•1 person was charged with unlawful transfer or a previously lawful assault weapons or large-capacity magazine, a misdemeanor.

 

And yet there are still ignorant leftists who fervently believe the liberal establishment has no intention of subverting the 2nd amendment.

 

this is confiscation. It's fucking bullshit to make possession of something legally acquired, illegal, after the fact. at least Congress is directly forbidden from passing ex post facto law in the Constitution (like that will stop them lol).