After a recent campaign rally in the Bronx where he supported a law that would make taking guns away from the mentally unstable easier, Governor Andrew Cuomo hopes to strengthen the law that was proposed over 18 months ago. He argues how although there are 34,500 people reported to the state to be mentally ill, there are 110,000 people institutionalized who could still pose a threat to other people if not in the right state of mind with a weapon. For example, it's presently unknown how many of those who entered the hospital submitted themselves voluntarily. If they entered by involuntary submission however, they would be barred from buying guys after being processed through a federal database. Cuomo still has flaws in his gubernatorial race, as young protestors at the campaign interrupted his speech, pushing for larger support for the DREAM Act, which would provide funding to immigrant students for college tuition. Despite the opinions of others, I believe Cuomo is working hard in all fields daily to relieve the cries of the public in a very one-sided election and is making the right, sensible choices in his campaign. On the other hand, his Republican opponent Rob Astorino believes that repealing the Safe Act and working to recognize early signs of mental illness is the right thing to do, when I honestly think that these type of illnesses are unexplainable and infrequent- therefore something so small as a social inequality should not be used against a person in any way whatsoever,
This law absolutely makes sense to me. How many crimes have been committed where the guilty party claimed insanity? Guns in general are dangerous, and are more so in the hands of the mentally ill.
ReplyDeleteI agree and I believe what Cuomo is trying to do here is extremely important. Laws to strengthen taking guns away from the mentally unstable is crucial and would make New York safer.
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