We Need a Second Amendment for New York State
By David DiPietro
(Candidate for New York State Senate, 59th District)
May 15, 2010
These are exciting times for those who support the Second Amendment.  The Supreme Court has now recognized what we always knew: the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right to bear arms.  Plain language and common sense and history finally prevailed over elite liberal opinion.  It was a long, hard battle fought by scholars and activists who always maintained the proper view of the right to bear arms against those who would …

“New York is the only state without an amendment to the constitution to ensure our freedoms are a “right” not just a “statute” subject to change at the legislature’s whim. This is one important reason why I am running for the State Senate. I’m committed to the right to keep and bear arms as defined in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
I am the only candidate running for Senate who is truly pro-gun and pro-second amendment and am committed to see there is no compromise on the right to keep …