Passed unanimously March 14, 2013
TOWN OF LODI TOWN BOARD OPPOSSES NEW YORK SECURE AMMUNITION AND FIREARM ENFORCEMENT “SAFE” ACT OF 2013
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-3-1
WHEREAS, the New York State legislature, apparently in reaction to recent acts of violence passed legislation virtually without study or opportunity for public comment; and
WHEREAS, such legislation, enacted under the acronym: “New York SAFE Act”, severely affects the rights of law abiding New York State residents to keep and maintain firearms; and
WHEREAS, this legislation, currently being challenged in the courts, restricts the loading of firearm magazines to seven rounds with no apparent exception for law enforcement personnel, makes unlawful the possession of magazines and firearms currently lawfully owned by tens of thousands of New Yorkers, restricts private sale of firearms and requires licensing or relicensing of firearms previously not requiring license or for which licenses were obtained without need for periodic renewal; and
WHEREAS, the Act contains no provision for funding the additional duties being imposed upon local Mental Health Departments, County Clerks or local law enforcement agencies and as such constitutes yet another unfunded mandate by the State upon local municipal government; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that many Seneca County residents are deeply concerned with this legislation, its effects and the undue haste with which it was enacted; and
RESOLVED, that the Town of Lodi Town Board calls for reconsideration and repeal of the so called New York SAFE Act of 2013; and be it further
RESOLVED, we direct the Lodi Town Clerk to forward a copy of this resolution to President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York State Senator Michael Nozzolio, Senate Majority Leader Dean Seklos, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, Assemblyman Philip Palmesano, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Congressman Tom Reed, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Speaker John Boehner, Senator Jeffry Klein (Co-Leader Senate Majority Coalition), the New York State Association of Counties and the InterCounty Association of Western New York.
Moved: Councilwoman Clawson
Seconded: Councilman Van Cleef
Councilman Van Cleef Aye
Supervisor Davidson Aye
Councilman Latini Aye
Councilwoman Clawson Aye
Date: March 14, 2013
Nancy M. Jones, Lodi Town Clerk