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2A group: Hochul’s proposed tweaks to NY carry laws just “smoke and mirrors”

February 3, 2023 by Cam Edwards Leave a Comment

Honestly, I think that might be giving the governor’s proposed changes a little too much credit. The modifications to the Concealed Carry “Improvement” Act that Kathy Hochul wants to see in place are so minor that I’m honestly not sure why she included them in her recent budget proposal. Gun owners certainly aren’t going to be mollified by the suggested changes, and if anything they could make the state’s legal defense even harder than it already is.

Before we get to that, however, let’s look at what exactly the governor is proposing:

Hochul is seeking to clarify under the state’s new concealed carry laws that security guards at places of worship can possess a firearm, despite places like churches being deemed a “sensitive location” where guns are prohibited. Currently, security guards can possess a firearm while working their job, but it does not specify they can be hired to work at a place of worship.

This clarification doesn’t help all those places of worship that are too small to hire licensed security guards to stand watch during services, but I do appreciate the governor recognizing that an armed security presence is a good thing. Now if she’d only realize that the Second Amendment guarantees us the right to serve as our own security detail and certainly allows for pastors, rabbis, and other religious authorities to permit concealed carry on their premises.

The governor is also proposing to allow retired law enforcement who are in good standing and up to date on their firearms licenses to be exempt from the concealed carry laws. The statute allows retired police officers to carry a firearm in sensitive locations, but the new language expands on that definition, using a federal standard for law enforcement instead of the state’s regulation.

So the expanded definition results in a more restrictive provision? Now that seems on brand for Hochul.

Following backlash from upstate Republicans, Hochul wants to clarify that firearms are also allowed at historical reenactments, on movie or theater production sets, as well as by people participating in military ceremonies, funerals and honor guards or in a biathlon competition. She also is recommending that the designation of a public park as a restricted “sensitive location” does not apply to the Adirondack or Catskill state parks, which encompass massive swaths of residential areas.

That would be the biggest change, though the law itself is ambiguous about whether those parks are currently considered “sensitive places”. Hochul has maintained they’re not, but several lawmakers said it was their intent to ban guns in those locations, so this might be the most controversial of Hochul’s proposals as well.

While that last proposal would be a modest step forward, Hochul and New York Democrats are miles away from truly recognizing and respecting the right to bear arms, and Gun Owners of America-New York’s Bill Robinson is less than impressed with her proposed modifications to the monstrosity known as the CCIA.

He sees several issues, both with the proposal and with the existing law. His organization, GOA-New York, is a lead plaintiff in a case challenging the state’s new concealed carry law.

Robinson contends violent crimes are rarely committed by individuals with pistol permits. He also pointed to the extensive training and practice with a firearm he has as a licensed instructor and member of the GOA, which he said may surpass that of police officers.

“When they’re retired police officers, they’re retired,” Robinson said. “They’re citizens like I am, like anyone else. We can’t be making special rules.”

It does seem like that would violate the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and indeed that argument is a part of several of the court challenges to the current carry laws underway in federal court. I don’t see anything in Hochul’s proposals that are going to render the state’s carry restrictions legally defensible; just a couple of new lines of attack for the gun-owning plaintiffs suing over the infringements on their fundamental right to bear arms.

Filed Under: <![CDATA[CCIA]]>, <![CDATA[Churches]]>, <![CDATA[Concealed Carry Improvement Act]]>, <![CDATA[Gun Owners]]>, <![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]>, <![CDATA[parks]]>, <![CDATA[Police]]>, <![CDATA[retired police]]>, <![CDATA[security guards]]>, <![CDATA[Video]]>, Bearing Arms, News

BREAKING: Memphis Police Release Video of Five Officers Assaulting Tyre Nichols, Biden Reacts

January 27, 2023 by Becca Lower Leave a Comment

On Thursday, the Shelby County (Tennessee) District Attorney’s office, along with other local and federal authorities, held a press conference on the disturbing incident during an arrest involving five Memphis police officers, as CBS News and the Associated Press reported:

#WATCH #LIVE Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy holds press conference about Tyre Nichols case in #Memphis, Tenn.https://t.co/s04decUhac

— KCAL News (@kcalnews) January 26, 2023

Five fired Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, Tennessee authorities announced Thursday. Nichols died three days after a violent arrest by police earlier this month.

“This was wrong. This was criminal,” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch said during a press conference announcing the charges.

A grand jury handed down indictments against Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith on charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said.

Mulroy said although the fired officers each played different roles in the death of Nichols, “they are all responsible.”

During the press conference, “Rausch said he saw the video and found it ‘absolutely appalling.’” Authorities added that video of the assault would be released Friday. Now, as promised, it has been–and it’s as awful as Rausch described.

Warning: the video below contains graphic and violent images.

BREAKING: Memphis PD have released body cam footage from the violent altercation between officers and the late Tyre Nichols.

Read more: https://t.co/WgHNhRgmtn pic.twitter.com/h9zEKoFuhX

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 28, 2023

Within the past hour, the White House also shared a new statement from President Joe Biden on the horrendous, body-cam video:

My heart goes out to Tyre Nichols’ family and to Americans in Memphis and across the country who are grieving this tremendously painful loss. There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a beloved child and young father.⁰⁰Here’s my full statement. pic.twitter.com/ghROhSGtao

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 28, 2023

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Biden Says Something Utterly Nuts About Domestic Violence Calls and the Police

January 20, 2023 by Nick Arama Leave a Comment

Joe Biden knows nothing about guns. It’s rather concerning that he’s so ignorant and yet, he’s in the position he’s in — talking about policy and laws, as well as constantly pushing gun control.

Biden was at the White House on Friday, talking about “retraining” police.

But first, with Joe Biden being Joe Biden, he faced the battle of the microphone and just being able to speak clearly.

Joe Biden vs. the microphone pic.twitter.com/kLXA3hsjXT

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 20, 2023

Biden, coughing: “I got a little frog in my throat” pic.twitter.com/4ZxQJxKXne

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 20, 2023

But even as he’s talking about “retraining,” he has no idea what he’s talking about. He said that police need to be trained not to “shoot to kill,” but to “shoot to stop.”

Biden has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about. pic.twitter.com/wDhon4khZB

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 20, 2023

This is of course ignorance of the highest order; police are trained to shoot center mass to bring the criminal down, and you don’t fire unless you are prepared to kill the subject because of the threat. Biden seems to have some farcical belief that you should shoot people in the leg, rather than shooting to kill. He doesn’t understand that makes it unlikely you would hit a moving target, much less stop them, plus that wouldn’t guarantee that you wouldn’t kill the person anyway, if you winged them in the femoral artery.

“So the way we’re training police officers is changing,” Biden said. Let’s understand what he’s trying to say there, since he’s deceiving his audience. He’s claiming that police are being trained as he says? Bull, that’s not happening anywhere and if it was, that would be an insane danger to the officers. But what he’s trying to do is pretend like he’s doing something, that he’s advocating some great change here–when indeed, he’s just spewing nonsense. So, he’s not being stupid and ignorant; he’s seeking to deceive his audience.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that Biden has made such ignorant comments. Yet, his people don’t seem to be able to stop him or educate him so he doesn’t sound like a fool.

Biden continued to reveal how little he understood police work. “You know when a cop turns up in a domestic violence case, or someone’s standing on an edge of a bridge, they don’t need a cop. They need a psychologist,” he said.

BIDEN: “You know when a cop turns up in a domestic violence case, or someone’s standing on an edge of a bridge, they don’t need a cop. They need a psychologist” pic.twitter.com/yipZ2xoVhQ

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 20, 2023

Um, Joe? Domestic violence cases are some of the most dangerous situations that cops have to deal with and in which they are frequently injured. And Joe Biden wants to just send psychologists and no cops? Let’s talk about how many people would be injured and/or killed as a result of that stupidity, if anyone listened to and followed what Joe Biden was saying.

Either Biden’s people don’t give a darn about these kinds of comments or they aren’t able to stop him at this point because he’s too far gone.

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FOP: 2022 a dangerous year for police officers

December 21, 2022 by Tom Knighton Leave a Comment

Police officers are much like the general public; there are some good folks, some bad folks, and a lot of people who fall in between, all of whom wear the uniform.

But most can admit that there are dangers to the job that most of us will generally never face.

And according to a press release from the FBI, 2022 was particularly bad.

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS YEARS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

The American Police Officer is Facing a Heightened Level of Danger

WASHINGTON, DC – Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, released the following statement regarding the National FOP’s recent report on officers shot and killed in the line of duty:

“This past year has been one of the most dangerous years for law enforcement in recent history due to the increase of violence directed towards law enforcement officers as well as the nationwide crime crisis, which has seen criminals emboldened by the failed policies of pandering prosecutors and cynical politicians. Frankly, it is unlike anything I’ve seen in my 36 years of law enforcement.

“Last year we saw more officers shot in the line of duty than any other since the National Fraternal Order of Police began recording this data in late 2015, and this year is not far behind.

“With just days remaining in 2022, we’ve seen 323 officers shot in the line of duty so far this year; up 13% from 2019 year to date. Of those officers who were shot, 60 were killed by gunfire; up 23% from 2019 year to date.

“There were 87 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year, which resulted in 124 officers being shot; 31 of those officers were killed.

“Many will often look at this data and just see numbers. We MUST remember that they represent heroes—fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. Thankfully, because of dramatic improvements in medical trauma science and anti-ballistic technology, the lethality of these attacks would be much greater.

“It is our sincere hope, as we begin a new year, that the new Congress will act swiftly and pass the ‘Protect and Serve Act’ to address the national problem of ambushes and unprovoked attacks on our nation’s law enforcement officers.

“If these violent criminals are willing to commit brazen acts of violence against the men and women of law enforcement, we can’t begin to fathom what heinous acts they are willing to commit against law-abiding citizens. As crime rates continue to rise, more citizens in this country are justifiably living in fear, constantly wondering if they too will become a victim. Law-abiding citizens saw the real-life consequences of what happens when elected officials embrace pro-criminal, revolving-door policies and make decisions that put the interests of violent offenders ahead of public safety. These decisions—failures to prosecute violent offenders for their crimes or, even worse, releasing repeat offenders arrested for crimes who show a propensity for escalation of violence—make our communities less safe. These rogue prosecutors are putting innocent lives at risk. When there are no consequences for breaking the law, more people will break the law and crime will increase.

“I call on Americans in every community across the country to join us in taking a stand—to say, ‘Enough is Enough!’ Truthfully, the violence against those sworn to serve and protect is beyond unacceptable; it’s a stain on our society, and it must end. It is incumbent upon our elected officials and community leaders to stand up, support our heroes, and speak out against the violence against law enforcement officers.”

Law enforcement has a tough job, and it looks like it was tougher in 2022 for a lot of police departments. I remember how it impacted the community here when we lost officers in the line of duty, after all.

But this is also part of a problem with violent crime in general coupled with anti-police sentiment fostered in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

Say what you want about what happened, but police across the nation and even Europe were blamed for what happened there.

I find it hard to believe that an increase in officer fatalities isn’t somewhat tied to that sentiment.

Regardless, it is important to remember that these aren’t numbers. They represent real people, officers who gave their lives protecting their communities; people who left families behind that will mourn their loss.

Yet it’s also worth remembering that it wasn’t just law enforcement killed in 2022. A lot of other people were murdered, many of them good, decent, innocent people who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

That’s not to take anything away from police deaths. As I’ve noted before, my father was a police officer. I grew up around law enforcement and still respect the profession as a whole.

I’m just pointing out we have a lot of work to do and it’s not all about the anti-police rhetoric spouted by some.

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