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This isn’t a win

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Republicans are gloating at Gov. Cuomo’s upcoming resignation on Tuesday:

Cuomo resigns

Let’s be clear on this: Cuomo leaving office is a blessing. However, it is definitely not a win, especially for the Republicans who appear too stupid to recognize they didn’t beat Cuomo at anything.

Democrats got tired enough with his shit that he decided to resign on his terms rather than try and fight back even though he might have won. There was no rejection of his policies, just his personal behavior, and it in no ways suggests a political shift towards Republicans. If anything, leaving early allows Democrats to claim that they recognized there was a problem and dealt with it more than a year before the ’22 elections at which point people’s memories will have faded.

As for his record on the issues, the media is already beginning to gloss-over his early departure by writing, “… [Gov. Cuomo] notched some historic victories for New York, paving a path of social progress that will resound for years to come …” . This includes his signature SAFE Act, which despite the fact that it is blowing up in everyone’s face, not a single elected official will criticize in public.

The state legislature will return in January and the gun control agenda will move forward without Cuomo.

Latimer floated for Governor

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Some rumor-mongering at the Times Union:

“… A recent Times Union story about who might run for governor in 2022 included many possible entrants for the Democratic nomination. One name not included: Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Former state Sen. Terry Gipson, a Democrat who served in the Senate with Latimer, wrote in to say that Latimer should definitely be considered … Gipson, who has been encouraging Latimer to run for governor, noted Westchester County under Latimer passed several progressive measures before state government eventually acted on them …”

Latimer has a proven antigun record in the state legislature and in Westchester County.

That being said, the best opportunity for 2A activism may be during a Democrat primary and in that case it would be to push aside an even worse candidate as opposed to supporting a pro-gun one. That is the reality of gun politics in New York. Sitting by and doing nothing is not an option.

Newsbits

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Wednesday’s Newsbits:

Gun Industry:

Guns:

Jurisprudence:

NRA:

Politics:

Gun Sense Lawmakers of the Year

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At the same time Everytown’s mouthpiece posts this:


The Daily News reports this:

“Four friends, including a teenager, were struck in a hail of bullets unleashed by three gunmen who opened fire on a Brooklyn street, police said Sunday. The bloody attack on the group hanging out on the corner of Marcy and Lexington Aves. in Bedford-Stuyvesant erupted about 12:10 a.m. Saturday, police said …”

This is gunsense in action.

Training candidates to run for office

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The New York Times reports:

“The gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety plans to spend $3 million to recruit and train its volunteers to run for office, with a goal of having 200 enter races in the next election cycle … Everytown’s new program, called Demand a Seat, will begin this fall and will involve training in the nuts and bolts of running a campaign, as well as instruction from advocates-turned-legislators … It is aimed at members of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, two arms of Everytown, which is backed by Michael R. Bloomberg …”

Gun control is and always will be a stinker of an issue. There is no way candidates can win building a campaign around. This has to be a proxy for the hard Left.

“… [State Representative Jo Ella Hoye] and [Congresswoman Lucy McBath] will advise the program’s participants, as will, among others, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, a Democrat; former Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans, a Democrat; and former Representative David Jolly of Florida, who was a Republican while in office but has since left the party …”

This evidence supports my suspicion.

Nevertheless, groups like SAF or FPC and maybe NRA-ILA, should consider putting together similar programs.

Newsbits

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Wednesday’s Newsbits:

Elections:

Gun Industry:

Legislation:

NRA:

Politics:

Cuomo resigns

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Lawsuit against gun manufacturers coming soon

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Since the legislature passed the liability bill A-6762A/S-1048A it is only a matter of time before Tish James files a lawsuit based on it against one or more gun manufacturers and/or dealers.

She’s getting encouragement from the White House:

“Today, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, White House Counsel Dana Remus, and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Julie Rodriguez hosted a virtual convening with attorneys general from seven states and the District of Columbia to discuss policies and strategies for holding gun manufacturers and dealers accountable for wrongful conduct that contributes to the supply of firearms used to commit gun crimes … As directed in the President’s gun crime reduction strategy, participants in the convening also discussed how we can hold gun manufacturers and dealers accountable for unlawful conduct while PLCAA is still the law of the land. Attorneys general discussed the opportunity and barriers to using generally applicable state consumer protection and nuisance laws to take action against gun manufacturers and gun dealers under PLCAA’s predicate exception. They also discussed how state legislators could enact firearm-specific liability laws, like New York State’s new law, to potentially create new predicates allowing litigation to proceed under PLCAA …”

We’re going to see a junk lawsuit from New York State real soon.