Dueling Gun Control Rallies Hit Albany

Dueling rallies for and against the new gun law were held at the state capital on Tuesday.

At noon, a group of roughly 75 adults and young people from the group One Million Moms for Gun Control held a press conference on the capitol’s western staircase. The group praised the passage of the SAFE act gun law.

An estimated crowd of about 600 gun owners and second amendment supporters rallied outside the capitol to vent their frustration with New York’s recent SAFE act, chanting “Cuomo must go” and “we the people.”

The SAFE act, signed last month by Governor Andrew Cuomo, expanded the definition of banned assault weapons and increased penalties for illegal gun possession. It also included funding for school safety improvements and mandates that mental health professionals take steps to prevent their patients from getting firearms. It restricts any magazine from holding more than seven rounds