NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is a friggin' idiot.

[agilebrit]

But, you know, we all knew this already anyway, right?

Seriously, how does this make any sense? They rushed through some hysterical anti-gun legislation a couple of months ago that limited gun magazines to seven rounds. They also forgot to exempt police departments from this. Oh, but Hollywood gets a pass.

Then they realize: WHOOPSIE. No one actually manufactures seven-round magazines for most of the common handguns out there. So, in their brilliance, they're proposing this idiocy:

As a result, he said, he and legislative leaders were negotiating language that would continue to allow the sale of magazines holding up to 10 rounds, but still forbid New Yorkers from loading more than 7 rounds into those magazines.

Right. Because someone bent on shooting up a school will go "Oh, damn, I'll be breaking the law if I load more than seven rounds in my mags! I'd better not do that!"

What planet do these people live on? Is it Earth? I don't think it's Earth. What the hell is the thinking here? Hamstring law-abiding citizens while criminals (who, by definition, break the law, duh) have free rein. Yes, that's awesome, let's do that. I am very, very glad I live in Utah, where we actually have this thing called "common sense." (Most of the time, anyway, and definitely when it comes to comes to guns.) And our teachers are permitted to be armed in the classroom.

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[fierynotes.livejournal.com]

I blame Sandra Lee. Her cooking has clearly destroyed his brain.

[fierynotes.livejournal.com]

(The previous comment was brought to you by seeing waaaaaay too much Food Network on the TV wall at work, combined with just randomly remembering that Aunt Sandy was Cuomo's girlfriend.)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHA! That must be it! (Also, Swedish Chef icon for the win!)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Whatever planet they're from, it's clearly not this one.

(By the way, God bless you for spelling "free rein" correctly. I want to spit nails every time I see "free reign.")

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I swear I woke up in Bizarro World.

And "free reign" is a pet peeve of mine. It's a horse term, people, get it right.

[roseaponi.livejournal.com]

Mine too :)

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

We're living in a world where emotions count more than facts, and facts don't matter anyway.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I guess the next thing they'll outlaw in New York, along with 17-oz sodas, is common sense.