Open Mike Night in New York

It seems Governor Cuomo, in his zeal to shove New York residents further down the road to government serfdom, forgot to put an exemption in the new law for police.  So as it stands, police officers are being held to the same standard as the laws that were imposed on the citizenry-at-large.

That pleases me.  I think it a wonderful expression of Peel's Principle #7: "Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.".

In my world, if it is good enough for us, it is good enough for them. 

 What is telling is the gem of a quote:

State Senator Eric Adams, a former NYPD Captain, told us he's going to push for an amendment next week to exempt police officers from the high-capacity magazine ban. In his words, "You can't give more ammo to the criminals"

I find myself wonder which criminals he was referring to?  The citizens they just criminalized?  Is it me or is this also a tacit acknowledgement that gun control doesn't work against, gasp, those who don't obey the law?

I think we need more "open mike nights" in legislative chambers across the country.  We'd get a clear picture about how those who are supposed to represent us really feel about us.

Courtesy of "Shall Not Be Questioned".  A blogger I really enjoy.

D.K.