New York: $500 reward for ratting out 'illegal' gun owners

[Popeye81]

Cuomo and Bloomberg are the BIGGEST crooks in politics. Cuomo comes from a LONG line of Italian Mafia and in Bloomberg's case there ain't no way possible one man can amass BILLIONS and not commit crimes and oppress people along the way.Cuomo tries to deny his connection to the mafia but I've done EXTENSIVE research and his connections to organized crime are hard to dispute. Why can't the rich and powerful just drive fast cars and do naughty things to pretty women? They aren't ever happy most wealthy people always seek to control others with less than them.

 

[Ash]

I hear the local PD stations are full of illegal guns! And I'll bet an impromptu search of officers' homes would turn up more.

Where's that battering ram, anyway?

Coincidentally, the PD's have that also.

 

[Bunnykid68]

They're not going to take your guns.


I'm going to parrot that right back to every idiot who ever said it to me when I brought up gun control legislation. I'm going to rub their faces in it. I'm going to ram those words down their throat until they choke on them.

What he said.

 

[ultra...good]

Once you have more money then you can spend, what else are you supposed to do with your time?

Oh yeah, tell others what to do. Nice gig, huh?

Edit; Their strategy.

When you think about it, offering a reward is a good strategy from their position.
1) They will pit gun owners against each other. There will be an escalating level of mistrust among them [us]. When a person is charged with a gun crime, everyone will wonder who turned them in.
2) They will increase the number of people charged with crimes and the public will see more "gun nuts" that refuse to obey the law. Furthering their cause that "guns are bad, bad I tells ya." Look at what the law breaking gun nuts are doing now.

 

[Jeff]

They're not going to take your guns.

Whew! Had me worried there for a minute.

 

[Scutter01]

Whew! Had me worried there for a minute.

From this moment on, anyone who pulls that line on me is a gun grabber and an enemy of the Second Amendment. I don't care how many guns they own or what else they claim to be.

 

[Expat]

I'm not going to take your guns... unless I happen upon them after yet another tragic boating accident occurs.

 

[VN Vet]

I see the Nazi State of New York growing bigger.

Can we United Free States of America kick Nazi and Socialist States out of Our Republic?

 

[miguel]

Tell that guinea bastard the entire NYPD is illegal.

 

[IndyDave1776]

From this moment on, anyone who pulls that line on me is a gun grabber and an enemy of the Second Amendment. I don't care how many guns they own or what else they claim to be.

Exactly, those fostering complacency are just as bad as those doing the grabbing!

 

[Enkrypter]

Hear-say is not going to get you a warrant from a judge in any state... well maybe in New York. Which in my opinion is a far larger issue than illegal guns.

"No sir, I don't own any firearms. Thanks for stopping by though..."

 

[Scutter01]

Hear-say is not going to get you a warrant from a judge in any state... well maybe in New York. Which in my opinion is a far larger issue than illegal guns.

"No sir, I don't own any firearms. Thanks for stopping by though..."

They don't need a warrant. All they need to do is bully their way in until the homeowner gives consent to search, as almost happened here:

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...lice_demand_to_see_contents_of_mans_safe.html

The wife had already been coerced into allowing entry without a warrant. If the husband hadn't shown up and had his lawyer on speakerphone, it could have gone completely differently. People get bullied into giving up their rights all the time.

 

[MTC]

They're not going to take your guns.


I'm going to parrot that right back to every idiot who ever said it to me when I brought up gun control legislation. I'm going to rub their faces in it. I'm going to ram those words down their throat until they choke on them.

You go.

Presumably this would include those trying to play the joe cool variants of the "shut up and take it" argument such as, but not limited to, "Loosen the tinfoil. Nobody's taken anyone's guns [yet]", or "Yeah, well that's <insert other state>. That can't/won't happen here."

Will it also include those (gun owners) who, apparently not realizing they're completely outing themselves as (or may as well be) volunteer shills for the HCI/Brady/VPC/MAIG axis, use the combination guilt trip/ridicule method of shouting down objections to - and rationalizing their support for - existing statutory prior restraint infringements such as background checks, licensing, registration, etc., to satisfy their "need" to "do something" to "keep guns out of ____ hands"?

And/or those who busy themselves "brainstorming" new and improved infringements in the form of more "common sense laws" and "reasonable restrictions" to appease the prohibitionists?

 

[Classic]

They don't need a warrant. All they need to do is bully their way in until the homeowner gives consent to search, as almost happened here:

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...lice_demand_to_see_contents_of_mans_safe.html

The wife had already been coerced into allowing entry without a warrant. If the husband hadn't shown up and had his lawyer on speakerphone, it could have gone completely differently. People get bullied into giving up their rights all the time.

When they pull that stink, that's where I lose respect for individuals in LE or any other government agency. I have an extreme dislike for liars and bullys of any stripe.

 

[KevinJ]

In the Soviet Union statues were put up of children who turned their parents in for thoughtcrimes. They were hailed as Heroes of the Soviet Union.

 

[ModernGunner]

Wow, $500?

Wished I lived in NY, I'd make at least $2500 / week! Full time job!

Hey, maybe they'll start this program in Indiana! I'll make $10k / week JUST from INGO!!

 

[Jeff]

From this moment on, anyone who pulls that line on me is a gun grabber and an enemy of the Second Amendment. I don't care how many guns they own or what else they claim to be.

I'm pretty sure I'm neither one of those.

 

[half-glocked]

What's the old saying? Snitches get stitches?

I can see this getting really ugly and painting a bad picture of gun-owners everywhere. Who in their right mind thought this was a good idea? It's a good way to garner hatred.

That's why Hair-Buyer Hamilton was so hated during the Revolutionary War (sorry, I was raised by a mother who absolutely adored Indiana history). There's a definite difference between disagreeing on the word "shall" and turning law-abiding citizens against one another. It just encourages anarchy.

 

[Jeff]

"Yeah, well that's <insert other state>. That can't/won't happen here."

...though I am guilty of thinking this.

 

[Valvestate]

Absolutely disgusting. So much for love thy neighbor. Those guys need to fight back somehow or they'll be left with nothing.