All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
Wednesday’s Newsbits:
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A proposal to increase the fees charged to pistol licenses holders is being floated in Westchester.
Here is a draft of the bill (PDF).
The next scheduled meeting of the County Board of Legislators is September 16 @ 7:00pm.
Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate.
He supports the Biden-Harris gun control initiatives and is comfortable with NRA’s F rating.
“Twenty minutes into his state of the state address last April, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz turned to the issue of gun violence. The state legislature was considering proposals to impose universal background checks for buying firearms and a red-flag law that would temporarily bar people from buying guns if they presented a danger to themselves or others. Walz threw his support behind both measures. “I’ll go ahead and put my credibility up against anyone on this issue,” Walz told the lawmakers gathered at the Minnesota House of Representatives. “I’m a veteran and I’m a hunter. And for many years I was one of the best shots in Congress, and I got the dang trophies to prove it.” “But I’m sick and tired of talking about that,” Walz added. “Because I’m not just a veteran, not just a hunter, not just a gun owner — I’m a father. And for many years I was a teacher. And we all know damn well weapons of war have no place in our schools, in our churches, in our banks, for anyone who wants to live in peace.” …”
According to this op-ed at Slate, being a Fudd is a selling point:
“… Harris is likely betting that when it comes to gun policy, many of them will be persuaded by seeing a fellow Fudd at the Democratic nominee’s elbow …”
Gun control advocates have tried using Fudds for years to advance their agenda, but this is the first time I can recall anyone suggesting being a Fudd will help get them votes, especially Democrat votes. I do not believe that will work out the way Slate thinks it will.
The problem here is that then-Attorney General Dennis Vacco issued a formal legal opinion stating there are no provisions in state law allowing issuing of licenses to non-residents.
HUGE GUN NEWS!
New York City Police Department just enacted an emergency rule to allow non-residents to apply for NEW YORK CITY concealed carry permits!
GOF recently filed a lawsuit against upstate New York seeking non-resident permits.
More details soon! pic.twitter.com/Aj7bSlNjxm
— Gun Owners Foundation (@GunFoundation) August 9, 2024
The Washington Post reports that former Mayor Mike Bloomberg pledges to spend big on candidates this fall:
“The political arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun regulation group founded by former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, plans to spend $45 million over the coming months to elect favored candidates in eight of the states that could determine control of the White House, House, Senate and local offices. The effort will include a new student organizing drive, with plans to hire 30 new organizers for volunteer recruitment drives at 32 college and university campuses in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin … About 80 percent of the $45 million will go to television and digital advertising, according to a person familiar with the spending who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly … Everytown announced a $60 million spending plan before the 2020 election aimed at defeating then-President Donald Trump and electing more Democrats who support gun regulations.”
Bloomberg has made braggadocios claims like this before. Sure, he can afford it, but will he actually put up the money? Who knows.
There’s negligible real grassroots here. It’s the same, tired phony claims gun control groups have made for decades and they’ve never, ever delivered a voting bloc for their issues. It’s one person (Bloomberg) with a lot of money making wild claims knowing the regime media will not fact check him.
I don’t see anything new here.
Monday’s Newsbits:
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Joe Biden is bowing out of running for re-election and has endorsed Kamala Harris.
Even after his horrendous debate performance I didn’t think Biden would be forced out, but here we are.
Early left-leaning polling show Harris isn’t popular with fellow Democrats. The antis, however, have no choice but to go all in on her:
With Pres. Biden’s decision to exit the race, we are putting our full support behind gun violence prevention champion Kamala Harris for President.
We know she will continue working to build a safer future for our country.https://t.co/Inve2jCtpc
— Brady | United Against Gun Violence (@bradybuzz) July 21, 2024
As California Attorney General, US Senator, and now as Vice President, @KamalaHarris has led on gun violence prevention throughout her career.
She is dedicated to making our children and our communities safer, and we are immensely proud to endorse her for President of the United… pic.twitter.com/S81VjdYeXk
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) July 22, 2024
Gun control organizations still do not bring anything useful to the table so their support means nothing.
Given the current disarray of the party, there’s no guarantee that Kamala will get the formal party backing at the Democrat convention. Whomever gets their nod, I expect open hostility on 2A from the candidate.
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Some nitwit over at Politico notes:
“Republicans have blamed an array of people and dynamics for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump — Democrats’ rhetoric, Secret Service lapses, the gunman’s mental health. One thing they haven’t blamed is guns …”
That’s because blaming guns for this would be the same as blaming spoons for making people fat. Normal people understand this.
If Governor Hochul’s signature gun control law were working as advertised, why is this still going on?
“The Gun Violence State of Emergency in Rochester was renewed once again Wednesday. The state of emergency was first enacted on July 21, 2022. The original “Proclamation of a Local State of Emergency” was meant to give the mayor additional powers to “protect life and property and to bring the emergency under control.” Rochester Mayor Malik Evans said Wednesday there had been 24 homicides and more than 100 shooting victims in 2024 so far.”
As far as I can tell, nobody in the regime media has asked either Hochul or Evans this question.