Bad behavior won’t stop him
Dec 21, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics, State Legislation
Last month Senator Kevin Parker introduced a bill requiring, “… law enforcement agencies … review the internet and social media accounts of any individual prior to granting or renewing a handgun permit …”.
Senator Parker has a history violent behavior:
In a 2011 court document, a Brooklyn prosecutor chronicled @SenatorParker's history, noting he has ""engaged in no less than eight known violent confrontations with traffic officers, parking attendants, members of his staff, fellow state senators, as well as the press."
— Joe Mahoney (@TipMahoney) December 18, 2018
“A state senator pushing a bill that would require pistol-seekers to submit to a social-media search urged a Senate Republican aide to kill herself in a now-deleted Twitter post on Tuesday …”
Senator Robert Ortt pointed out the irony of this:
Dear @SenatorParker,
Under your bill, would this type of tweet disqualify you from owning a firearm? https://t.co/uFFL4LNKJE
— Rob Ortt (@SenatorOrtt) December 18, 2018
Elected Democrats have turned a blind eye to Parker’s behavior since he was first elected 10+ years ago so it is no surprise he’s getting let off with nothing but a lame apology.
Do not expect him to pull his bill because of this. He will reintroduce it with a new number when the 2019-20 session starts in January.
Newsbits
Dec 17, 2018 Federal Legislation, Jurisprudence, Moonbattery, Politics
Monday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
Politics:
Have not learned a thing
Nov 17, 2018 Elections 2018, Moonbattery, Politics
If there was any doubt as to whether or not the Republicans learned anything from the last election, the answer is No, they haven’t.
NEWS: John Flanagan has been re-elected as #nysenate GOP leader over Cathy Young.
It was a 14-9 vote, per @JamesTedisco pic.twitter.com/7yYT3aJz4I
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) November 16, 2018
The list of nine GOP senators who backed Catharine Young's #nysenate leadership challenge to John Flanagan are:
Amedore, Tedisco, Robach, Ortt, Funke, O’Mara, Helming, Serino and Young
— David Lombardo (@poozer87) November 16, 2018
Newsbits
Sep 18, 2018 Elections 2018, Elections 2020, Federal Legislation, Moonbattery, Politics
Tuesday’s Newsbits:
Elections:
- Dave Valesky could lose Dem nod but remain as threat to Rachel May in NY Senate race
- The sharpest candidate for governor
- Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Actively Considering 2020 Run For President
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
- Inspired by local need, Rep. Katko introduces bipartisan red flag legislation to keep communities safe
- Balter slams Katko for ‘weak and toothless’ red flag bill to combat gun violence
Politics:
Think like the Dems
Sep 5, 2018 Jurisprudence, Moonbattery, Politics
Senate hearings on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to SCOTUS have begun.
It’s been every bit the shitshow I thought it would be.
One of the Democrats, possibly DiFi, brought in one of the Parkland parents and, in an attempt to embarrass Kavanaugh, offered to shake his hand in front of the cameras. The published picture shows Kavanaugh just looking at the outstretched hand and the antigunners, including asshat Chris Cuomo, are claiming he turned away without acknowledging him. However, video clearly shows that security intervened and moved him away. Neither the antis nor their political and media allies are interested in the truth so the fact that they would try and pull this sort of stunt is not a surprise.
Republicans should have expected it and planned their own handshake. Defensive gun use far exceeds that of criminal misuse. Why weren’t there a dozen defensive gun users in the audience? Republicans and the NRA need to start thinking like the Democrats to better control the narrative.
Maloney introduces companion to S-3304
Aug 3, 2018 Federal Legislation, Moonbattery
Carolyn Maloney is the latest antigunner to jump on the 3D printed gun bandwagon.
“… “The idea of untraceable, undetectable guns available to anyone, even violent criminals and domestic abusers, with the click of a mouse is utterly terrifying,” said Maloney, who co-sponsored the legislation with Reps. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Ted Deutch and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. “The administration’s decision to allow the online publishing of 3-D printable gun blueprints is an insult to the countless families who have suffered from our national epidemic of gun violence,” she said …”
I sometimes wonder if they actually believe the nonsense they’re spewing. I know she gets talking points from advocacy groups, but even being an old fart, she has to have at least some vague understanding of how the internet works. To suggest she could block information from being posted online is something even gradeshoolers would not believe.
The House bill has not yet been numbered. Here is the draft. Senate companion is S-3304.
Good luck with that
Jul 29, 2018 Humor, Moonbattery, Politics, State Legislation
“A Manhattan state senator wants to make “ghost guns” disappear. Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat, is introducing a bill that would ban ghost guns and 3-D firearms in New York …”
HA!
I generally don’t like commenting on legislation until I’ve had a chance to read the bill, but in this case I don’t need to. There is absolutely no way to enforce such a law. I’m sure Hoylman will get some model legislation from Brady, Moms or someone and intro a bill based on it but without a practical way to enforce the penalties who cares what they are?
“… “Thanks to the Trump administration, anyone in America or across the world — be it a teenager, felon or terrorist — can evade a background check and manufacture a dangerous weapon with a click of a button,” Hoylman said. “This is an existential threat to gun control as we know it.” …”
This statement is very telling.
Notice he does not say this is a threat to public safety. Hoylman says it is a threat to gun control itself. That is an exaggeration, especially with current technology, but consider a possible impact on the SAFE Act. If a person can easily and cheaply produce plastic magazines in the privacy of their home the SAFE limitation is mostly voided. Better still, as a political act of defiance, magazines with Hoylman’s face printed on them could be made in bulk and dropped in public locations, kinda like Johnny Appleseed. Hoylman’s choice of words prove his real motivation is ideological and not a genuine concern for public welfare.
Metal printing is more complicated, but it is reasonable to assume that it will be better, faster and cheaper in 5-10 years than it is now. That is what is really needed for home production. Antigun hysterics will become more entertaining as the technology matures.
New Yorkers Under the Gun
Jun 8, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics
June 7 video from a public forum by hosted by City Limits and The Crime Report at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Same old, same old
Jun 3, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics
Friday was “Gun Violence Awareness Day,” a now annual spectacle where antigunners, celebrity idiots and other crackpots #WearOrange so as to readily identify themselves as part of the political fringe.
Here is an example:
I do not see anything new of substance here. It is just more of the same hysterics that have failed to produce movement on their agenda.
