ALBANY – Over 500 people rallied in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Albany on Tuesday calling for the state to reverse its recently adopted state law imposing strict regulations on gun owners.

“Governor Cuomo, tear up this law,” Republican Assemblyman Steven Katz told the Second Amendment rally in West Capitol Park. Katz’s call was a clear reference to the late President Reagan’s famous demand in 1987 to then Soviet President Gorbachev concerning the Berlin Wall: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Among other provisions, the law limits the number of rounds allowed in firearms.

Cuomo used the ‘message of necessity’ mechanism to move the bill through the legislature and avoid the usual three-day rule.

Ulster County resident John Baisley drove to Albany to defend the Constitution.

“It’s not about weapons; it’s about the Constitution being stepped on,” Baisley said.