Shoppers look at assorted displays at the 2010 Gun and Knife Show at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. (Journal News File Photo).
To the Editor:
"...As we continue to process the awful events that took place in Las Vegas, and as our hearts hurt with the grief of others, we cannot lose sight of how something like this happened, and diligently work to prevent it from ever reoccurring.
Private
gun shows continue to sell legal deadly modification kits for rifles, now known
as the "bump stock." The modification kit allows the weapon to
"bump" back and forth between the shooter's shoulder and trigger
finger, effectively enabling a semi-automatic rifle to act like a fully
automatic assault weapon. Assault weapons are currently outlawed in the United
States.
These
modification kits should never be sold in Westchester County. We call on our
legislators and our County Executive to rethink allowing private gun shows
carte-blanche privilege to sell these items — which effectively enable the
propagation of weapons of mass carnage — right here in our County Center.
County legislators must put a moratorium on private gun shows in any county facility until the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, regulating firearms in the U.S., can re-evaluate the legality of such devices and get them recalled from distributors and off the streets.
This is a call to action with an initiative to keep our first responders, law enforcement and the people of this great county, and country, safe. We should not wait for the ATF to act, we must act now."
Sincerely,
Kitley
Covill, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 2
Daren Tolz, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 3
Nancy Barr, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 6
Damon Maher, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 10
Daren Tolz, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 3
Nancy Barr, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 6
Damon Maher, Westchester County Legislative Democratic candidate for District 10
http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/10/16/dont-allow-bump-stock-sales-gun-shows-westchester-letter/768957001/
