DMV chief: Illegal immigrants could buy guns with licenses

[WhiteFeather]

Read this article,
How come some of these politicians can't buy a clue ,they should not be elected dog catcher let a alone a governor.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007...d_buy_g-1.html

DMV chief: Illegal immigrants could buy guns with licenses

ALBANY - Motor Vehicles Commissioner David Swarts added yet another confusing twist to the hot-button issue of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants Wednesday, suggesting the licenses could be used to buy guns.

Sources in Gov. Spitzer's office insisted Swarts was wrong but gave no immediate explanation for his comments.

Swarts appeared to give Spitzer critics new ammunition at a Senate panel hearing on the governor's plan to let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses.

When state Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Vincent Leibell (R-Brewster) asked flatly if the licenses could be used to buy guns, Swarts appeared to have been caught off-guard. He started to answer, stopped, then said, "Yeah, I guess it proves who they are." But Spitzer's office explained that potential gun buyers must complete a form that calls for a valid Social Security number or Citizenship and Immigration Services number.

If the numbers aren't provided - or are bogus - dealers are supposed to kill the sale and notify authorities immediately.

This new controversy arose as more than 30 Assembly Republicans declared they have no choice but to haul Spitzer into court. The lawsuit, set to be filed today in Albany Supreme Court, accuses Spitzer and Swarts of ramrodding through the new policy in an "arbitrary and capricious manner."

"Someone needs to remind this guy he was elected governor - not emperor," said Assemblyman Tom Kirwan (R-Newburgh), a former state trooper who branded the new license rules "unlawful and dangerous."

Spitzer last week agreed to delay giving illegal immigrants licenses until late next year, though he continued to insist yesterday his plan will ultimately make New York "more secure." As for the GOP lawsuit, Spitzer spokeswoman Jennifer Givner said: "We remain confident the policy change will be upheld in court."

The new suit adds to the legal thicket faced by Spitzer. Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola has already filed his ownbrief to block licenses for illegal immigrants. A Washington advocacy group, Judicial Watch, also sued Spitzer yesterday, charging he overstepped his authority.

The governor's latest proposal for three types of licenses was endorsed by the Hispanic Federation. The group noted its objections to the federal Real ID plan that Spitzer accepted, but said undocumented immigrants were better off driving legally than having no license.

[brewguy]

Buying a gun is not the issue.

It is time they put the focus where it needs to be. You commit a crime with a gun and you get cainned.

[KeithPA]

OMG Not another LOOPHOLE

[DaveM55]

They've already got guns, that isn't an issue. The main point of them getting a drivers license is then they can vote. That will be the end of the USA. Hello Mexmerica.

[ca2pa]

End of the U.S.A? wow....

[vic2367]

They've already got guns, that isn't an issue. The main point of them getting a drivers license is then they can vote. That will be the end of the USA. Hello Mexmerica.

exactly,,,

[Chazman321]

Would that mean we send all of our unemployeed north to jump the border to take the jobs the Canadians don't want? lol

"Hi, my name is Charlie, would you like more of this nasty canadian beer? That stuff is like moonshine..." lol