Republican legislators lying about SAFE Act funding in state budget

ALBANY, NY (05/06/2014)(readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association would like to address statements made in a May 6 New York Post article which claimed some Republican lawmakers did not know they voted to spend millions of dollars to fund the so-called SAFE Act in the state budget.

"The Assembly openly debated SAFE Act funding on the chamber floor in public session, " said NYSRPA President Tom King. "Everybody knew the money was there."

Proof of this can be found in the April 11 edition of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise:

"Assemblyman Dan Stec is warning against a provision in the state budget which would fund a state database for gun records, required by last year's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act. Stec, a Republican from Queensbury, objects to a $3.2 million allocation in the budget to implement the database. That line item falls within a provision that gives state police $88.9 million for technical police service programs. The state gave $27.7 million for a SAFE Act database last year, according to news reports ..."

"There is a reason the Senator quoted by the Post wants to remain anonymous," King added. "Their statement is an easily provable falsehood. This is classic Albany politics: Tell their constituents one thing and do the exact opposite in the legislature and hope nobody notices the difference."