Gov. Cuomo Reportedly Told Sheriffs to Stuff Opposition to Gun Control Regs

Told them to keep mouths shut or lose posts

New York county sheriffs have been urged by Governor Andrew Cuomo to not voice their opposition to the state's new gun-control laws. The governor reportedly threatened to remove them from their posts if they spoke out against the laws.

The bill was hastily passed by a Democrat-controlled legislature and signed by Cuomo earlier this year in response to the Newtown school shooting. Parts of the bill have needed modification because they were unclear or impossible to comply with. The new law put strict limits on the size of magazines in addition to broadening the definition of an assault weapon, a class which is banned.?