Genesee County Sheriff Maha (now retired) spoke at one of the SCOPE meetings I attended.
The sheriff said that he prefers anyone in Genesee County who's not a prohibited person to be armed. He also added the importance of being proficient with their guns.
I'll file this under what a NYSP superintendent would never say.
I'm a Lifetime Member and still get emails from them. During the week the typically send out a daily email either about NYS or National politics, often focused on 2A issues but not always. Some of the emails are insightful. I couldn't say for sure how the leadership is these days. I will say that unless they do something big my days of donating to them are over. Just like the NRA.