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Saturday’s Newsbits:

Everytown/Moms Demand will host a presidential “gun safety” forum today at 3:00pm.  Both Mayor de Blasio and Senator Gillibrand are scheduled to attend.

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Joe Ruggiero tries exploiting shootings

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The Democrat candidate for Dutchess County Executive tries using the recent shootings to advance a gun control agenda:

He stood with Moms last month as well.

Senate perceives weakness in NRA

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CBS reports,”Mitch McConnell says gun control measures will be discussed by Senate after recess“:

“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not calling the Senate back to Washington for an emergency session to address recent mass shootings, but gun control measures will be on the table when Congress reconvenes in September … McConnell specifically mentioned background checks, a measure that has failed to gain much ground in the Senate and is strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association …”

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Things should not have gotten this far. I am confidant this is a direct result of all the nonsense going on with the NRA. The NRA Board needs to get their shit together. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any indication of that.

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Friday’s Newsbits:

Today @ 10:00am – New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, gun control advocates and others hold a press conference to announce new funding for gun and gang violence prevention programs, District Office, 573 E. Fordham Road, Bronx.

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Too little, too late from NRA

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The Hill reports, “NRA expresses ‘deepest sympathies’ to families and victims of El Paso, Dayton shootings“:

“… The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Sunday expressed its “deepest sympathies” for the victims and their families of the two mass shootings that rocked America over the weekend … “The NRA is committed to the safe and lawful use of firearms by those exercising their Second Amendment freedoms. We will not participate in the politicizing of these tragedies but, as always, we will work in good faith to pursue real solutions that protect us all from people who commit these horrific acts.”…”

NRA’s media department is useless and has been for some time. They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity to present a positive face to the media and general public.

They should have learned by now that the opposition is not interested in such niceties and will jump at any opportunity to advance their agenda.  By remaining silent for this long, NRA let the antis control the narrative.  GOA was smart enough to respond almost immediately countering the B.S. and promoting reciprocity. NRA should have done the same.

Cuomo’s 4-Point Plan

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The Governor wants Democrat candidates to back gun control:

“… Cuomo laid out a four-point proposal Wednesday modeled after New York’s own laws. The measures include a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, universal background checks, a mental heath database and a red flag law that prevents people who pose a risk to themselves or others from purchasing a firearm. “If you can’t support those four things I don’t believe you should be running for president as a Democrat and if the Democrats actually agree to one simple program then we can offer this nation a choice,” Cuomo said during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day.” “Otherwise this is all noise and all confusion.” …”

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Why there’s no SAFE database

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The Times Union wonders, “Six years later, key SAFE Act database undone“:”

“… Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted New York’s tough anti-gun laws as a nationwide model during a radio interview on Monday. Cuomo did not mention that six years years after passage of the landmark SAFE Act, a key plank remains unimplemented: the state’s plan to build a database to track ammunition purchases in real time … Beau Duffy, a spokesman for the agency in charge of implementing the database, the New York State Police, said its completion remains a “priority.” Work on the database is ongoing in tandem with the state Office of Information Technology Services. “That work will continue until the database is realized,” Duffy said. “Connecting dealers with a state system is a significant hurdle, one that did not exist in California, since the infrastructure linking firearms dealers directly to the state was already in place.” … Cuomo’s public responses have suggested he’s not keeping close tabs of the database’s development. Asked about the holdup in a September 2018 meeting with the Times Union’s editorial board, Cuomo repeatedly said he was unaware of the progress on the project. “I don’t know. I will check,” Cuomo said. “But it is not a significant aspect of the SAFE Act.” … In September 2018, [Rich] Azzopardi told the Times Union that the State Police and ITS had “reviewed a number of technological solutions” to implement the database, and had been “unable to address the myriad of legal and operational implementation obstacles.” …”

I got the real reason for the delay from a friend who worked in the A.G.’s office.

The information they want to put into this database either doesn’t exist, or it exists only on paper or in an incompatible electronic format.  There’s no way to simply import this information into a new database. Furthermore, the Governor and legislature knew this beforehand but went ahead with the bill anyway. That is why he’s unconcerned about it.