Home of the brave, my ass.

I had to take it at my workplace. They teach Run, Hide, Fight. In the event that running and hiding haven't worked, why wouldn't you want an effective weapon? That's the sheriff's point.

there are plenty of gun owners, hunters, sportsman, etc.

beyond the lower Hudson Valley and Long Island, the majority of whom support gun rights.

The fact that Republicans control the NYS Senate and that we've had a number of Republican governors should be the biggest clue.

Recommended in August that law-abiding citizens should arm themselves because he thinks doing so has helped reduce crime. I don't know. But police response times in that city can approach times for concrete to set up.

Likely. Gun nuts over estimate the risk. They are more paranoid than most.

...saves on specificity while including whole swaths, according to ones imagination.

... in case anybody missed that.