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Before Feb. 14
I said yesterday I thought gun control bills would come up early in the session. Looks like Gov. Cuomo wants it ASAP as well:
Cuomo wants gun laws addressing "bump stocks" and purchase waiting period. Look for this to happen on or before the Feb. 14 anniversary of the Parkland school shooting.
— Yancey Roy (@YanceyRoy) December 17, 2018
Some highlights of Cuomo 2019 agenda:
—Legalize marijuana
—End cash bail
—Election state holiday
—Auto voter reg
—End vacancy decontrol
—Ban corp $
—Ban bump stocks
—"Red flag" law
—A NY "Green New Deal"
—Revenue for MT
—Codify Roe in NY
—Prop tax cap perm
—Cut mid class taxes— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) December 17, 2018
As it is going to take some time to prepare the political theater I’m thinking the first week in February is when Gun Control Day will be held.
Katz’s agenda
“Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, a lifelong resident of Queens, announced her campaign for Queens district attorney … In her announcement, Katz laid out her agenda for reframing the DA’s office as a place that “focuses as much on crime prevention, delivering real justice for all, and social progress as it does on the prosecution of criminals.” … Katz said she plans to bring an aggressive new agenda to the District Attorney’s Office with a new community-centered approach to the criminal justice system … treating gun violence as a public health issue …”
Translation: She’ll coddle violent thugs and make excuses for their destructive behavior, including advocating more gun control.
Newsbits
Monday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
Politics:
Ambition
“Supporters of stricter controls on firearms are preparing to mount a multistate push to close loopholes and restrict access for those who pose a risk to themselves and others, reflecting a new focus for a movement long pilloried as nothing more than gun-grabbers … Few states plan a more ambitious approach than New York, where Democrats won control of the state Senate — and with it, complete control of state government for only the second time in two generations. Democrats there are now planning bills to ban bump stocks and 3D-printed weapons, create a gun violence research center within the State University of New York system and expand the reach of hate crime bills, among other proposals. “With Republicans controlling our Senate, they have resisted a lot of the common sense proposals that have gotten more traction in other parts of the country,” said New York state Sen. Brian Kavanagh (D), who is sponsoring several measures this year. “Republicans had a one-seat majority, and they used it very effectively to block things.” …”
Keep in mind this is just the first wave of crap heading our way. I think they will pass it early in the session to show supporters how “progressive” the new legislative majorities are.
Make new friends
Gun owners cannot continue to pretend that the Republicans are going to save 2A rights in the state. We must have a relationship with Democrats.
A good opportunity to start building that for Ulster residents is for them to attend the Swearing-in Ceremony of Juan Figueroa, the newly elected sheriff, on the 28th.
Session calendar
The 2019 New York State Legislative Session Calendar 🗓️ pic.twitter.com/gdP3NcBpuJ
— Capital Tonight (@CapitalTonight) December 12, 2018
I suspect the gun control bills will come up before March as there are enough votes for them to pass even with a few Democrat defections. The state budget is due April 1 and the legislature will likely spend all of March haggling over the details.
Senate Committee Chairs
Incoming State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has announced committee chair assignments for the upcoming legislative session: pic.twitter.com/w3LLwHslI2
— Legislative Gazette (@AlbanyLG) December 11, 2018
Newsbits
Monday’s Newsbits:
Armed Citizen:
Elections:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
- New York: Damned If You Do Insure Guns, Damned If You Don’t
- The Democrats’ checklist of state criminal justice reforms
Politics:
What we can expect from the Senate Republicans
This article in the Press-Republican gives a good idea how the new minority Republicans in the State Senate are going to behave:
“… [Betty Little] said she is braced for the possibility that Democrats will try to enact stronger gun control laws with initiatives that would likely be seen as burdensome by hunting enthusiasts and other gun owners in her district. “They ought to have more of a focus on (enforcement connected to) people gaining guns illegally,” the senator said, contending that measures that burden lawful gun owners have no public safety value. “The gun laws in New York state are among the strictest in the entire country. They (gun control proponents) really ought to be advocating elsewhere.” …”
True. Now, how exactly are you going to stand up for 2A rights?
“… While some of her GOP colleagues say they will be vociferous in exposing what they see as flaws in Democratic legislation, Little said she is “not the boat-rocking type” and will likely take a more moderate approach to working out differences over the agenda as it emerges …”
Little is fucking useless.
This is exactly why the Republicans lost. They do not challenge the basic premise of the Democrat agenda. She has learned nothing from the last election, nor from those in years past. The more Republicans act like Democrats the less Republicans get elected.