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.
Astroturf protesters outside FNRA fundraiser
Apr 16, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics
Proof they’re astroturf. The first guy they interviewed is from the Rockland Democrat Committee holding a professionally made sign.
Guns and the State Budget
Apr 1, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics, State Legislation
Turns out the Governor was not that serious about new gun control in budget negotiations:
“… What didn’t have bipartisan support and didn’t end up in the budget were any new gun policies. “We weren’t able to ban bump stocks. We weren’t able to broaden our background checks. We weren’t able to do the extreme risk protection order,” said state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Though it wasn’t part of the budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo did announce the passage of a new law preventing anyone convicted of domestic abuse from owning a firearm of any type …”
Bills in question are A-8976B/S-7133A and A-8717/S-6918.
Because some people cannot admit they are wrong, here is a reminder from the Empire Center that the SAFE Act cannot be defunded in the budget.
What did pass separately is A-10272/S-8121. Per WHAM news:
“… The legislation was passed to close a loophole in state law in order to ensure domestic abusers are required to surrender all firearms, not just handguns. The legislation prohibits anyone with an outstanding warrant, a felony, or other serious offenses from receiving or renewing a firearm license … the legislation bolsters the list of “serious” crimes, which, upon conviction, require the loss of a gun license and the surrender of all firearms …”
A-10091
Mar 19, 2018 Moonbattery, State Legislation
Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon has introduced legislation to prohibit gun raffles:
“… “It boggles my mind that anyone would think this was a good thing to raffle off,” Simon said …”
The key thing here is that it boggles her mind, not those of normal, rational thinking adults. Raffles with gun prizes are common. I’m going to a shoot this weekend that is having one.
She doesn’t even give a reason for this in the justification statement of the bill jacket:
“Currently in New York State it is legal to raffle off a firearm in a game of chance. Many times games such as these are open to all individuals regardless of age. Firearms should not be raffled off in this manner. Firearm related violence is a significant public health and safety problem and weapons should not be given away in games of chance.”
Intimidation and jello
Mar 12, 2018 Moonbattery, Politics
“Nearly a month after the Parkland, Fla., school mass shooting, Gov. Cuomo is set to kick off a gun-control campaign touting his work on the issue and targeting seven New York congressional Republicans. The six-figure campaign, which kicks off this week, will include a mix of television and digital ads and an online petition effort organizers say is meant to galvanize grassroots support …”
Baloney. Gun control does not have grassroots, only astroturf.
This is Cuomo’s attempt to intimidate Congressional Republicans. It’s not an inherently bad idea on his part considering the backbones of local Republicans have the structural integrity of warm jello when confronted by loudmouth leftists. If these guys are smart (and for most that’s doubtful) the targeted Republicans will turn this attack on them around and use it to fundraiser off of.