NY State Police issued Field Guide to SAFE Act Enforcement

Guide Here

Looks like the NY Staties want nothing to do with the SAFE Act unless they can use it to stack extra charges onto somebody they are already arresting for something else.

"These guys want nothing to do with the SAFE Act, and they are not going to enforce the SAFE Act, except if they have a bad guy and they are putting him under arrest and there are other charges," Nojay said.

Absent some indication of criminal activity, there is no right to inspect the contents of a magazine to ensure that it meets the requirements under the Safe Act.

I love this part:

An individual who reasonably believes that the magazine is legal has 30 days after being told that it is illegal by a police officer to dispose of the device.

Given that 90+ % of magazines have no identifiable markings or dates on them other than the manufacturer's logo how can anyone charged with enforcing the law "reasonably believe" a magazine is not legal?

Reading through the field guide makes it seem like a short bus full or special needs kids wrote the law and the driver of the bus is trying his best to not poke fun at the good thing they all believe they just did.

reply to post by thisguyrighthere

"Yes, it's a bad law but we are leaving it on the books and will use it when it is convenient for us."

This is not what we want to hear nor is it a statement we should believe.

reply to post by greencmp


It fits with the cop profile. They always want more laws on the books redundant and useless just so they can use them whenever they want to charge anyone with anything for whatever reason.

Sure, the law is bad but if they can use it to ruin the life of somebody they don't like or to excuse the bad actions of a cop then why wouldnt they?

Arrest first, charge with everything imaginable, hope something sticks enough to make the cop look like a hero and lock the poor guy up.

We see it all the time with filming arrests.

The law is a faceless tool, like a hammer. It could be used to drive a nail to build a house but it also could be used to hit a person.

I guess we're a bunch of nails.

ObjectZero

I guess we're a bunch of nails.

Well, you all need to go out and buy nail guns!

P