Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) joined fellow Second Amendment defenders on Saturday, January 11 in Le Roy at a protest of the SAFE Act dubbed as the ‘Shot Heard ’Round NY’. The protest, which was held in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the passing of the SAFE Act, united Second Amendment advocates and served as a reminder that anger over the SAFE Act has not subsided and will remain as long as the unconstitutional law stands.

“Though this is a painful anniversary to be marking, it is critically important that we remember what happened under the cover of darkness last year in Albany,” said Hawley. “The Second Amendment rights of the people were trampled upon, and we are using this anniversary as a reminder that we have a long struggle ahead to win those rights back. Upstate New Yorkers everywhere are standing together to get this law repealed.”

The ‘Shot Heard ’Round NY’ protest was held at gun clubs all across New York, with the Le Roy protest bringing about 80 gun owners to the Northwoods Sportsman Club on Gulf Road in Le Roy. Hawley, who brought his own firearm, and the protestors lined up and fired a single shot in solidarity with each other and their constitutional rights at high noon.