Gunnies got a kick out of the recent NY law banning magazines that hold more than 7 rounds, written and passed so quickly they forgot to exempt the Only Ones. Nobody seriously expected it to limit the cops, law or no law.
And it doesn’t.
However, Cuomo’s office insists police officers are still exempt.
“Police officers possessing ammunition clip with more than seven bullets are not in violation of this law and they never will be, period,” Cuomo spokesman Matthew Wing said.
Of course not. Those guns might be needed to defend a politician.
Given a soundbite like that, I have to imagine that there’s more than one lawyer already venue-shopping. He’s going to want to get a legislative bandaid on the bite his mouth just took out of his own backside.
And they know perfectly well that this is simply bullshit…
From a different article: Cops Are Outraged That New York’s New Magazine Limit Could Apply to Them http://reason.com/blog/2013/01/18/cops-are-outraged-that-new-yorks-new-mag/print
Cops are complaining about the lack of a double standard:
“As a law enforcement officer for over 20 years, I understand the importance of instituting a new policy on mandating the limits of bullets that a regular citizen can possess, but as a matter of fact the bad guys are not going to follow this law,” said Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, the city’s second largest.
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So, the fact that the “bad guys” are not going to pay any attention to this law doesn’t give you a friggin’ clue just why none of the rest of us aren’t so eager to be similarly handicapped?
Stinking, lying hypocrite.