Gov. Andrew Cuomo is well-known to have presidential ambitions. I believe he can kiss that aspiration goodbye. The passage of the NY SAFE Act proved he couldn't act intelligently, maturely or responsibly. The SAFE Act is one of the most hastily and ignorantly conceived laws ever passed by the state Legislature.
It was a knee-jerk reaction to events that would have occurred whether or not a law like the SAFE Act had been in effect. Evil folks exist in society. The solution is to send people to prison for a minimum of 10 years — no plea bargains — when a crime is committed with a weapon, whether that weapons is a knife, baseball bat, gun or the kitchen sink. Use the money going toward the implementation of the SAFE Act for a down payment on a prison to house these criminals.
I hope Cuomo heard the thousands in Albany, and elsewhere when they said: "We will not comply."
This law must be repealed.
Bill Glockler
Cooperstown