Erie County On Board Against NY SAFE Act

[Lawdwaz]

Breaking now...........

EC Leg. passes bill opposing SAFE act

Updated: Thursday, 21 Feb 2013, 3:42 PM EST

Published : Thursday, 21 Feb 2013, 1:34 PM EST

• Rich Newberg
  
• Posted by: Emily Lenihan
  

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Erie County Legislature passed a resolution Thursday opposing the NY SAFE Act.

The GOP minority was joined by two Democrats, Thomas Loughran and Terrence McCracken, in passing the resolution, with a final vote of 7-4.

Also Thursday, the lawsuit seeking to prevent New York's tough new gun law from being implemented has been adjourned until April 25. Hamburg attorney James Tresmond tells News 4 the Attorney General's office has asked for more time to respond.

Tresmond is preparing a class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law on several issues.

He says forcing New Yorkers to register their guns with local police agencies infringes on their privacy rights and potentially makes them vulnerable to burglaries should the information fall into the wrong hands.

Tresmond will apply for a preliminary injunction next week. He hopes this will help stop implementation of the law until the case is adjudicated.

Copyright WIVB.com

[Lawdwaz]

And, if you didn't know:

Erie County is in the western portion of New York State, bordering on the lake of the same name. It is the most populous county in New York State outside of the New York City metropolitan area.

AND WE ARE PISSED OFF! (I added that last little rant) <grin>

[loworange88]

Awesome! Great for you guys. I hope Onondaga and the rest all step up and do the same. We are well over 20 counties now that have passed Resolutions.

See you all out in Albany on the 28th.

[josephmrtn]

any info on Jefferson county? i havnt heard anything... or a list of all the countys

[loworange88]

any info on Jefferson county? i havnt heard anything... or a list of all the countys

Ask...and ye shall receive.

http://www.nysaferesolutions.com/

[josephmrtn]

NICE!!!

[tuckersdaddy]

Now thats why i voted for the people i voted for.

Now i wonder if this could be the uniting factor of upstate standing up and sending down state out to sea? my hopeful thought...