The New York State Fraternal Order of
Police joins all our brother and sister officers in
asking that the Legislature Act immediately to amend the
NY Safe Act to allow retired Law Enforcement Officers to
lawfully possess the weapons they retired with;
These men and women honorably served the
people of New York State and continue to be invaluable
resource to us all;
While it is in everyone's best interest to
keep guns out of the wrong hands, there is a serious
flaw in the legislation regarding this oversight;
We have approximately 100,000 retired law
enforcement officers living in New York State. This
statute as currently written essentially turns these men
and women in to criminals;
Clearly,
this was not the intention of our legislature;
We, the New York State Fraternal Order of
Police implore our legislators to immediately amend the
NY SAFE ACT to add an appropriate exemption to this
law.
Charlie Caputo
President