Astorino tells Hauppauge pro-gun group he would repeal Cuomo's SAFE Act if elected Updated September 28, 2014 8:29 PM
By NICOLE FULLER nicole.fuller@newsday.com
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino vowed Sunday to repeal Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's chief gun control initiative as he spoke to a pro-gun conference in Hauppauge -- one of several Long Island visits on his itinerary.
Astorino, the Westchester County executive, decried Cuomo's SAFE Act, which riled many of the state's Republicans and upstate voters when the state legislature passed it a month after Adam Lanza, 20, used a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle to kill 26 students and teachers at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
The SAFE Act, the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, requires rifles patterned after military style assault rifles be registered, bans the sale of new assault-type rifles and requires more background checks.
"The SAFE Act was such a terrible piece of legislation and it was done so badly," said Astorino, who was greeted with a standing ovation by the 500 or so attendees at the Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Inc. "As I tell gun owners -- believers in the Second Amendment -- Gov. Cuomo took away your rights, take away his job."
Astorino, who also made campaign appearances Sunday at a Hempstead church and at other events in Old Bethpage, Bellport and Centereach, stressed the importance of a high voter turnout among Long Islanders. Astorino said Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, as well as upstate, are key to his winning strategy.
"The thing that scares Cuomo more than anything -- Second Amendment rights advocates, gun owners, voting," Astorino said.
By NICOLE FULLER nicole.fuller@newsday.com
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/if-elected-governor-astorino-tells-hauppauge-pro-gun-group-he-would-repeal-cuomo-s-safe-act-1.9430579
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino vowed Sunday to repeal Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's chief gun control initiative as he spoke to a pro-gun conference in Hauppauge -- one of several Long Island visits on his itinerary.
Astorino, the Westchester County executive, decried Cuomo's SAFE Act, which riled many of the state's Republicans and upstate voters when the state legislature passed it a month after Adam Lanza, 20, used a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle to kill 26 students and teachers at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
The SAFE Act, the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, requires rifles patterned after military style assault rifles be registered, bans the sale of new assault-type rifles and requires more background checks.
"The SAFE Act was such a terrible piece of legislation and it was done so badly," said Astorino, who was greeted with a standing ovation by the 500 or so attendees at the Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Inc. "As I tell gun owners -- believers in the Second Amendment -- Gov. Cuomo took away your rights, take away his job."
Astorino, who also made campaign appearances Sunday at a Hempstead church and at other events in Old Bethpage, Bellport and Centereach, stressed the importance of a high voter turnout among Long Islanders. Astorino said Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, as well as upstate, are key to his winning strategy.
"The thing that scares Cuomo more than anything -- Second Amendment rights advocates, gun owners, voting," Astorino said.
