It’s ludicrous that a three-volley salute during Chautauqua County’s commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack had to take place in a gas station parking lot rather than on county property.

But is anyone surprised that a hastily passed state law would have an unintended and ludicrous side effect? We’re not.

The last time New York rushed to pass a gun law, the state made it illegal for its own police force to carry their sidearms. Now, gun laws passed in a rush in July to make a political point mean ceremonial weapons can’t be fired on public property — meaning the familiar firings during Memorial Day observances, Jamestown’s traditional ceremonial firing in the heart of downtown on Veterans’ Day or graveside services for veterans — are now a violation of the letter of the law.

In their zeal to show their anti-gun bona fides, Democrats in the state Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote a law that so broadly limits where weapons can be carried that it puts an end to some of our nation’s longest-held traditions. It’s not as if the ceremonial rifles used in a 21-gun salute in a cemetery are found every day at crime scenes or have been used to commit a mass shooting. It’s not as if the veterans firing those weapons during these ceremonies haven’t been trained in the proper use and care for their weapons — they were trained by our own armed forces to carry and use those weapons in situations much more tense than a ceremonial gun volley in a public park.

Obviously, July’s gun laws should be amended to allow these ceremonial firings in public places. They are an important part of some of our most solemn ceremonies and should be allowed to continue legally. They should not come to an end because a political party had to rush to score political points.