PratchettFan
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I see, so every law that is passed you agree with and are comfortable with because your representatives passed them?
As of March 11, a total of 52 out of New York States 62 counties have introduced resolutions requesting the repeal of the Cuomo's new gun control law.
On the same day the law was passed, the town of Truxton, in Cortland County, NY, became the first municipality in the state to pass a resolution formally expressing its opposition and request to repeal the law. Short and straightforward, the town of Truxtons resolution reads:
WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms is guaranteed as an Individual Right under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and under the Constitution of the State of New York, and;
WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms for defense of Life, Liberty, and Property is regarded as an Inalienable Right by the People of the Town of Truxton, New York, and:
WHEREAS, the People of the Town of Truxton, New York, derive economic benefit from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting, and shooting conducted within the Town of Truxton using all types of firearms allowable under the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;
WHEREAS, the Town of Truxton Board, being elected to represent the People of the Town of Truxton and being duly sworn by their Oath of Office to uphold the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;
WHEREAS, the New York Assembly and the New York Senate, being elected by the People of the State of New York and being duly sworn by their Oath of Office to uphold the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;
WHEREAS, the legislation passed by the New York State Legislature infringes on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and bans the possession and use of firearms now employed by individual citizens of the Town of Truxton, New York, for defense of Life, Liberty and Property and bans the possession and use of firearms now legally owned for safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting conducted within the Town of Truxton, New York;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE AND IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Town of Truxton Town Board, do hereby oppose the enactment of any legislation that would further infringe upon the Right of the People to keep and bear arms and consider such laws to be unconstitutional and beyond lawful Legislative Authority.
So much for your notion that the citizens were ok with their representatives passing laws on their behalf.
No. There are all sorts of laws passed in my state I vehemently oppose. But that does not make them unconstitutional. Nor did I say that everyone in New York thought the restrictions were a good idea. I said that they had a say in the matter because they elect the law makers and can unelect them. Once again, that is how a republic works.
Fact is the citizens don't have a say in what laws are passed. If they did then Cuomo wouldn't or couldn't have passed the new gun control law he passed.
Yes they can un-elect them and re-elect others and have the law repealed but that doesn't change the fact that the law (they didn't agree with but have to abide by) was passed. And no didn't have a say in the matter!
The fact is that in a republic no citizen has a say in any law other than at the ballot box. This situation is no different. If the citizens of New York don't like with Cuomo did, they can vote him out. But that does not make it unconstitutional, unlawful or even unfair. It is how a republic operates and it is not wrong just because you don't like a particular result. A citizen is not guaranteed to always get their own way.