[Western Free Press]  John Gibson, resident of the Somers, NY, community of Lake Lincolndale, had finally had enough. After his third pro-Second Amendment lawn sign mysteriously disappeared, he set up a hunting camera to catch the culprit. Much to his surprise, the culprit turned out to be a Somers police officer.

Mary Beth Murphy, an official from the Town of Somers, contends that the police officer was acting because Gibson’s sign was in the right-of-way, rather than on his property.
However, numerous facts cast doubt on this contention, including photographic evidence of the officer’s expression and his violent attack upon the sign, and the apparent lack of any notice or citation.
*NOTE*  […]  The New York SAFE Act, enacted in haste following the Sandy Hook shooting, may have passed muster in Albany and eagerly received Gov. Cuomo’s signature, but the people of New York are not happy. Rural counties abound with signs supporting the 2nd Amendment and opposing the SAFE Act. Nearly all of New York’s counties have passed resolutions calling for its repeal. The attack of one police officer upon one sign may seem an isolated incident, but it is indicative of a quiet revolution brewing in rural New York… (continue reading)