{"id":11057,"date":"2013-09-05T08:43:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2013-09-05T08:43:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:43:01","slug":"video-cuomo-lays-down-law-to-sheriffs-on-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/09\/05\/video-cuomo-lays-down-law-to-sheriffs-on-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Cuomo lays down law to sheriffs on gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Cuomo signed the NY SAFE Act last January (Photo: Karen DeWitt)<\/p><\/div>\n

A growing number of New York sheriffs are expressing fierce opposition to New York’s tough new gun control law, the SAFE Act, which was signed into law earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Some sheriffs have said they won’t actively enforce the law, and the issue has become a flash point in the Saratoga County sheriffs race.<\/p>\n

In that contest, Warren County sheriff investigator Jeff Gildersleeve — one of the candidates for the Saratoga office — has said that if elected he won’t enforce the SAFE Act, which he has described as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

I asked Governor Cuomo about the issue yesterday when he visited the Adirondacks.\u00a0 (I raise the issue at around :30 on the tape.)<\/p>\n

Honestly, I didn’t expect such a fierce response.\u00a0 He said law enforcement “picking and choosing” which laws to enforce would bring “chaos” and would set a “dangerous precedent.”<\/p>\n