All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
At least four incumbent Republican State Senators have announced plans either not to run for re-election or run for a different office next year creating multiple open seats. They would not be doing this if they believed they had a shot at retaking the majority after the ’20 elections.
This is why gun owners must be involved with Democrat party politics. It’s either do that or be totally frozen out the legislative process in Albany.
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The Journal News reports:
“MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah will announce she’s running for Westchester County district attorney today, looking to unseat incumbent Anthony Scarpino in a 2020 Democratic Party primary. Rocah, a 49-year-old Scarsdale resident, said she decided to get involved because of the “hateful policies” and “attacks on the rule of law” by President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr … Rocah is also a Distinguished Criminal Justice Fellow at Pace Law School and volunteers with the gun-control activist group Moms Demand Action and My Sister’s Place, which assists victims of domestic violence and human trafficking …”
She gave a talk at Pace back in 2017 on gun control, “Gun Regulation in an Era of Mass Shootings” with a follow-up, “Let’s Keep the Conversation About Gun Control Going.”
Her Twitter feed features a picture of her in a Moms t-shirt and she is not shy about expressing her opinions on the issue:
Every elected official who does nothing to advance common sense gun laws should have to watch this over and over again. https://t.co/Ap0Dp0E44v
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) November 9, 2018
With low turnout in the primary she has a realistic shot at unseating the incumbent next year.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of NYSRPA v. City of New York.
This is what I believe the court will do:
On the question of mootness, I believe they will agree with plaintiffs that the case isn’t. After all, if the case were dropped nothing would prevent the legislature from changing the law back to the way it was before.
On the case itself, I believe they will issue a narrow ruling rule in favor of the plaintiffs, either 5-4 or 5-3 if RBG takes a dirt nap, and it will come near the end of the session next June. It will be something along the lines of you can transport your legal firearms from point A to point B.
On the level of scrutiny, the decision will not address the issue, although Justices Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito may go to town on it in their written opinions.
As for both the clown council and state legislature they simply don’t care. Albany politicians have made it clear they intend to move forward with even more gun control when the legislature returns to session next month. If any law is struck down as unconstitutional they will simply rewrite it to do the same thing as before.
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SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in the case of NYSRPA v. City of New York starting at 10:00am today.
SCOTUS Gun Case by rkarlin on Scribd
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INT 1548-2019, Amends the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to reporting on the seizure of three-dimensional printed guns and ghost guns, or any piece or part thereof, and INT 1553-2019, Amends the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers, became law last week by default when Mayor de Blasio neither signed nor vetoed them.
I doubt he really cares much about gun control or any other issue he cannot exploit for personal political gain.
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