“Governor Kathy Hochul announced today on Upstate drive time radio a new vaccine incentive to bolster vaccination rates among New Yorkers who enjoy the great outdoors. Beginning Dec. 1 through the end of the year, anyone that receives their first vaccine dose will have the opportunity to enter the ‘Take Your Shot for an Outdoor Adventure’ sweepstakes and a random drawing to win special prize packages tailored to anglers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts … Five Grand Prize winners will be randomly selected from the pool of 2,000 sweepstakes entrants to receive their choice of deluxe fishing, hunting, and birding packages. Each Grand Prize package will include a lifetime license and the highest quality hunting and fishing gear. The deluxe birding package will include a spotting scope, binoculars, and more. In addition, 25 entrants will be randomly selected to receive their choice of Second Tier fishing and hunting packages. These packages will include annual licenses and equipment specific to angling, bowhunting, rifle hunting, and turkey hunting. The beginning birder package includes binoculars, birdfeeder, bird seed, and I Bird NY materials …”
Category: Moonbattery
Newsbits
Friday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
- Opinion: Supreme Court could loosen concealed-carry gun rules with this New York case
- Can The Supreme Court Be Trusted On The Second Amendment?
Legislation:
- Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Expresses Strong Opposition to Red Flag Provision in Defense Bill
- Poloncarz vetoes law allowing children ages 12 and 13 to hunt deer with guns
- Vote to override Poloncarz veto on hunting age law falls short
Politics:
- Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Phil Murphy, Governor Tom Wolf and Governor Ned Lamont to Share Crime Gun Data in Effort to Prevent Gun Violence and Enhance Public Safety
- Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords On Hand As Gun Violence Memorial Unveiled In Battery Park
- For Syracuse activists, Gillibrand’s new gun trafficking legislation is overdue
- State gun violence prevention office still not yet set up
Memorial Commemorates New Yorkers Lost To “Gun Violence”
Last shred of credibility gone
It is hard to call the ACLU a civil rights organization given their history of refusing to support the Second Amendment.
They have chosen to give up their last bit credibility by filing a brief in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen where they support the Sullivan Law asserting it is necessary to protect the First Amendment:
“This is a case about the Second Amendment, but its resolution also implicates fundamental First Amendment values—the freedoms of assembly, association, and speech. States have many justifications for regulating the public carrying of weapons, concealed or otherwise. But one especially important justification is that such restrictions facilitate civic engagement, by promoting safety and reducing the chances that the disagreements inevitable in a robust democracy do not lead to lethal violence. Accordingly, in assessing the validity of New York’s regulation of the carrying of concealed weapons in public, the Court should give due regard to the state’s important interest in facilitating a wideopen public debate.”
Somehow implying the Sullivan Law was meant to protect free speech is absurd and everybody knows it. Hopefully SCOTUS will bring it up when they render their decision.
Demonic obsession
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is the “wokest” person I know and the Daily News has this great quote from him in today’s paper:
“… Firearm purchases have spiked in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic, and Williams declared that a “demonic obsession” with guns grips the country. But he suggested there is reason for hope even if cities cannot rid their streets of weapons. “Even if all those guns are here, our young people did not have to pick them up,” he said. “They can find a better way.” …”
Gun Sense Lawmakers of the Year
At the same time Everytown’s mouthpiece posts this:
.@Everytown is proud to name @SenatorMyrie and Mayor @nanwhaley as our State and City Gun Sense Lawmakers of the Year, respectively.
Because you can’t have common-sense gun safety laws without uncommonly committed — and courageous —lawmakers. #GSU2021 pic.twitter.com/O7PTAK8cKu
— John Feinblatt (@JohnFeinblatt) August 15, 2021
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.
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs
New bill introduction today A-8149, Provides for the posting of firearm signage in certain areas:
“… IN AREAS IN WHICH THE RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, THE DIVISION SHALL NOTIFY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SERVING SUCH AREA TO POST SIGNAGE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DIVISION …”
I have read so much stupid legislative shit over the years, but this is right near the top. What exactly is this supposed to accomplish?
Lawsuit against gun manufactures coming soon
Governor Cuomo held a press conference/media event today to sign the gun manufacturers/dealers liability bill A-6762B/S-7196 into law.
During his presser, he declared a “Disaster Emergency” on “gun violence”:
“A surge in gun violence across cities across New York led Gov. Andrew Cuomo to declare a state of emergency Tuesday. The move, which Cuomo called a disaster emergency, means New York can bolster its law enforcement presence in cities where the shootings are on the rise and put additional state resources to crime-ridden areas, he said. Additionally, he said a new gun-violence prevention office will be established within the state Health Department, require police agencies to better report where the shootings are happening and establish a new council on gun violence reduction …”
I predict in the very near future the state will file a lawsuit against one or more gun makers based upon this nuisance theory in the bill. It will go all the way to SCOTUS before the law will be overturned based upon the PLCCA.
Biden is the perfect spokesman for gun control
Joe Biden is the perfect spokesman for the gun control movement: A doddering old fool regurgitating the same tired talking points about the same failed policies:
“President Biden’s topic was one of utmost importance Wednesday — crime and gun violence. But you wouldn’t know it from the way he spoke. He slurred his words. He called the ATF “the AFT.” At one point, he talked about the history of the Second Amendment and “the blood of patriots” before concluding that someone would need nuclear weapons to take down the government. If you weren’t confused, you were horrified. Biden was obviously tired, speaking in barely a monotone. He couldn’t pronounce “cognitive.” … Yet a protective circle has formed around Biden, preventing them from stating the obvious: Joe Biden, 78, looked out of it …”
BIDEN: "Those who say the blood of Patriots, you know, and all the stuff about how we’re gonna have to move against the government.”
"If you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons."pic.twitter.com/WVHUffpphP
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 23, 2021
Not one gun control advocate is going to be motivated by this.