Yep hard to find principled Republicans anymore

I live about half an hour away from Albany too, I was really surprised to see Albany is next in this series its important people know what happens here.

Agreed. I used to live in central NY. Schenectady & Ballston Spa... Moved to Texas and will never go back.

As an ex-Duanesburger I can relate. Upstate ny is beautiful in the summer, but it's hard living with the people who want to micro manage their neighbors and communities.

To keep and hold power, you must first disarm the citizens.

And city I might add

Schnefler he is for the safe act. Our only hope is sharpe !

@Jim Knight - you're kidding right?

Jim Knight if you have an excuse valid enough to own a gun. I’m a welder, owned a business and worked everywhere alone til dark thirty. I carried cash, was alone, in neighborhoods not to friendly to white guys. My reasons for carrying a fire arm wasn’t good enough and I graduated police academy in Oklahoma a few years prior. No; everyone can’t own or carry. I was told to hire extra guys, don’t stay after dark and don’t carry money. Yeah; that’s my rights. Besides; if I ended up shooting someone it would only bring more shit down on my head than being robbed or beat the hell up. I just started telling everyone I was black. No one ever F’d with me anyway; not even once because I looked like I carried and acted like I was ready for any kind of shit. But didn’t want any shit. I worked everywhere in NYC at all hours and always alone. Now; why didn’t one person try? Because people aren’t anything like the government says. People are 99% better than good. Especially if they see an obstacle in their way and that’s simply awareness and keeping track of your surroundings. That’s all the ammo I ever need; my brains. If I’m ever robbed I’ll act like I’m part of the robbery and at least get my cut of the take. Lol

Mulligan Minute “Upstate NY.” Being from just south of Plattsburgh, hearing that makes me laugh, lol. God bless the constitution and our beautiful state. I pray that being informed and cooler heads prevail.

Ya made me laugh, Mulligan. I live in the heart of the Adirondacks, which is what WE consider to be upstate. As for the constitution and our beautiful state, I echo Dan Bushey's sentiments.

Remember, Dan. Anything above NYC is "upstate" to downstate people.

Suffolk here..

@@gewglesux same! Out near port jeff

Suffolk here. Look into Larry sharpe. He is for eventually appealing the safe act and pardoning ppl arrested for safe act violations !

@@G_L_S I actually helped get the petition to get him on the ballot. Now we just need to get Cuomo to debate him, and we'll be good

Thanks for the information!!. reading up on him now.

Don't forget shithole Syracuse.

American On Strike!! Yup, & don’t they get like 100 feet of Snow..??.. Fuck That ShiT

Yes, and there's a reason why its called Troilet lol.

Yup. You must have a NY pistol permit to possess a pistol in NY. They do not issue them to non residents. So let's say your flight gets diverted to NY for some reason, and you have to recheck your luggage due to a delay, you're a felon and you're going to jail. It has already happened. They don't care about the federal law saying you can drive straight through either. If they pull you over and they find it somehow, you can recite that federal law all day long while you're on your way to your jail cell.

John S That sucks. Someone needs to challenge that all the way to the Supreme Court.

@@luckygamer05 And being a resident is not the quick fix. Still nearly impossible to obtain.

No, that's incorrect. If you're holding a PISTOL, yes, it's a felony. Long guns are fine, as long as they qualify under the "SAFE" Act guidelines.

In ny city yes

Jesus. And here I was as a 26 yr old single female staying in Albany in a hotel near the University and drove to Saratoga to photograph the races as media. Didn't know how dangerous is really is. Thought they were nice quiet towns. And I was born in Milwaukee and live between there and Chicago so I know sketchy...

Because a lot of NY'ERS ARE MOVING SOUTH? Thats what i hear..

Oh brother........ Got lost there a few summers ago

Had the same thing happen to me on the way to a concert in high school. Mind you we didn’t have GPS back then. Shit was real 😳

Sure was.... was in the summer i was coming back from the shore with my Jet ski.. wont make that mistake again! was glad to pay the exorbitant toll at the GWB

that's right, I believe that and I am not even from the US, I am English but can see what you are saying is true, I wish we had anything for self defence, so us law abiding people could reduce the crime rates around us too, I first experienced freedom in the USA, on holiday, which you guys call vacation.. went to NYC, but went over to NJ to experience freedom, They have a fantastic range, but why should people have to travel so far to experience freedom? well in fact WHY did I have to make the trip over the Atlantic ocean to experience being in a land of the FREE, It should not be nessary, I wish the world was more like America.. but in the USA there is an eternal battle that must be fought, and that's to preserve and uphold the Constitutional birth rights of Americans! Rights should not end at State lines ever.

Non Stop very well said man 👏👏👏

same here I have looked at their page to become a member more than once but every time I do i remember it was the NRA pushing for more background checks and who folded on 'bump stocks' if they are willing to give an inch they are giving the mile little by little.

Gun Owners of America absolutely is a respectable no-compromise organization, but they don't have the push the NRA does. Most gun owners as well as anti-gunners look toward the NRA for answers and accountability. The NRA already has great support, but it would be much more so if they didn't compromise on seemingly everything. The way they currently operate, will inevitably lead to a loss of rights completely. Eventually, legislators will have chipped away at everything that most members of the NRA (Fudds) could couldn't care less about (machine guns, bump fire stocks, silencers, unconstitutional disarming of civilians under red flag laws, "high capacity" magazine bans, etc.) and all that will be left is what they do care about. Then and only then, will they hopefully realize that they have made the mistake of compromise.

@@whiplash636 exactly I could care less about personally owning a bump stock or really even a machine gun for that matter but if the NRA wont stand for them why should I believe they will stand for my rifle or yours? "The Right of The People to keep and bear arms _shall not be infringed."_ is losing any meaning. eidit; maybe it is time we all jump ship to GOA and give them the backing the NRA has but no longer deserves, hell if I know.

It's not going to happen overnight and probably not even in our lifetime, but at lot can happen over the course of just 10 years, much less 50-100 years. As of now, a repeal of the second amendment seems incredibly far-fetched. Each and every time the NRA allows another gun law to go unchallenged equates to more people backing those laws, even gun owners themselves. It would take 38 states in agreement to completely invalidate the second amendment. There are a handful of states that would jump at the opportunity today. Imagine how many there could be 100 years from now. A complete repeal of the second amendment, in my opinion, is going to occur before the year 2100. What the NRA is currently allowing is a perfect example of the "boiling frog" fable.

not to mention all these new 'common sense' laws that only make it harder for gun owners to legally own a firearm means less and less gun owners in younger generations which means less and less support for the Second Amendment as time goes on. exactly what the progressives are after. img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/06/gun_ownership.png&w=480 you're spot on with the boiling frog analogy.