All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
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Everytown has replaced Albany-based Ostroff Associates with the Long Island based ERG Advisors as their New York lobbyists. A much smaller firm, their monthly bill is only $8000/mo. as opposed to the $10,000/mo. Ostroff charged.
Based upon their first filing they will be targeting the NYC Council and county legislatures more instead of the state legislature. No specific bills are listed, just Councilwoman Adrienne Eadie Adams.
Assembly Codes agenda for Tuesday January 28:
The following bills have been Reported and advanced to 3rd Reading:
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention has been abolished.
Donald Trump promised gun company CEOs that he would weaken gun laws. He has already deleted the Office of Gun Violence Prevention's website.
Closing the Office of GVP would mean more guns will fall into the wrong hands and more innocent Americans will lose their lives. pic.twitter.com/dwwMELWiu3
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) January 22, 2025
Notice that Giffords edited the image in their Tweet.
Assembly Codes agenda for Wednesday, January 22:
Gov. Hochul has come up with another (soon to be failed) gun control scheme:
“New York law currently lacks a specific crime that fully aligns with federal requirements for reporting domestic violence convictions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS), allowing some abusers to evade firearm restrictions. To address this, a new crime of “Domestic Violence” will be created under the penal law, which can be charged concurrently with existing offenses, ensuring all elements necessary for federal reporting are automatically met. This change streamlines the process, eliminates factual inquiries, and ensures convicted abusers are entered into NICS, preventing them from accessing firearms.”
No bill on this yet.
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The Daily News reports:
“A licensed gun owner who fatally shot a young man in a Brooklyn park in the dead of night claims he was acting in self defense after the 23-year-old victim tried to rob him at knife point, police sources said Tuesday. The shooter told detectives he was walking through Carroll Park on President St. near Smith St. in Carroll Gardens around 2:45 a.m. Saturday when Jordan Dillard put him in a chokehold, and with a knife to his neck, demanded he hand over cash, law enforcement sources told the Daily News. The two men fought until the would-be robbery victim, who has a concealed carry permit, whipped out a registered gun and shot the assailant in the torso. A knife was recovered at the scene; there’s no indication Dillard and the gunman knew each other, according to the sources. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is still investigating, but it is not believed the gunman will be charged in Dillard’s death, The News has learned …”
I don’t feel the need to waste a lot of time on the NRA’s internal follies. That is adequately covered elsewhere.
Ballots for voting members will go out this week in the February magazines and a number of incumbent directors are up for re-election.
All of them either actively participated in the malfeasance and management misadventures or passively stood by and let it happen. They pissed away more than $200 million on stupidity so egregious it will be talked about in business and law schools on how not to run a corporation. It will take a generation or more to recover. I have not seen the slightest bit of regret from any of them. I believe some are even proud of their actions.
There are plenty of newcomers willing to step up and try to rebuild the Association. Read their bios, ask them questions, and support those you feel are competent and ethically sound.