In Ulster County, NY on Tuesday Feb 19th at 7P there will be a hearing on a Resolution to Repeal the Safe Act (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013). There have been similar resolutions passed in 14 counties in NY with four more counties including Ulster having pending resolutions. The hearing in Ulster has been moved to the Ulster Performing Arts Center located at 601 Broadway in Kingston NY which has a 1500 seat capacity. At three previous hearings the gun lobby had over 250 people and no one in support of the Safe Act present due to the lack of notification of those hearings. This promises to be a real wild night in Kingston and it is imperative that anyone who supports the Safe Act and lives in or near Ulster County attends.
Although these resolutions seem harmless they are meant to intimidate local representatives. The object being to garner enough votes to either overturn or amend the Safe Act to weaken it. This the gun lobby working from the ground up to oppose President Obama.
Two links to what the gun nuts are up to here in NY State:
Pressure on Governor Cuomo grows as more counties oppose NY SAFE Act
Ulster County passes resolution to oppose Cuomo's SAFE Act
Ulster County has not actually passed the resolution yet.