Mr. Duh
A year ago New York legislators
approved gun controls championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo so
quickly that they did not have time to read the bill, let alone
debate it. Cuomo nevertheless
insisted that the Secure Ammunition and Firearms
Enforcement (SAFE) Act "was not hastily put together." The
embarrassing mistakes and omissions that prompted multiple
amendments during the year that followed Cuomo's victory suggested
otherwise. So does this week's
decision by U.S. District Judge William Skretny, who
overturned several provisions of the SAFE Act that reflect the
unseemly haste with which the law was enacted.
Responding to a challenge by various gun rights group, Skretny
agreed that three parts of the SAFE Act are unconstitutionally
vague. One of them bans semiautomatic rifles with "muzzle breaks,"
a heretofore undiscovered firearm feature:
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