Trump’s DOJ supporting 2A rights

President Trump said he supports gun rights and now appears to be backing it up:

“… The Justice Department filed a friend of the court brief in support of the plaintiffs suing Hawaii over a new law that curbs where people with concealed carry permits can bring their firearms, making it a misdemeanor to carry on any private property without “unambiguous written or verbal authorization” or where “clear and conspicuous signage” grants permission from the owner …”

This is similar to New York’s law so a SCOTUS win in this case would affect us.

But it gets even better:

“The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms, according to plans shared with Congress and reviewed by Reuters. The office, called the Second Amendment Rights Section, expects to open on December 4 and will be dedicated to investigating local laws or policies limiting gun rights.”

There’s plenty of nonsense going on in the state that could, and should, be investigated for civil rights violations.

Mamdani takes NYC

Back-bencher Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated both Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to become the next mayor of New York City.

The good news is that hopefully this will be the last we hear of Andrew Cuomo. His career will end with the sound of a wet fart which is what he deserves.

The bad news is that Mandani is an openly racist, openly antisemitic Marxist. He will bankrupt and burn the city trying to implement his ideology just like every other Marxist has. Frankly, the city deserves it as well.

Mandami has a proven antigun record and some are claiming he will become a new national leader on gun control. That is certainly possible, however, he wasn’t that in the state legislatgure. I’m thinking he will mostly focus on economic issues and push gun control only when a political opportunity arises.

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Oberacker campaign kickoff

I attended State Senator Peter Oberacker’s campaign kickoff for CD-19 yesterday.

It started off with an endorsement from Assemblyman Chris Tague.

Oberacker told me he was asked to run by the White House so I do not believe there will be a Republican primary.

Everytown lobbying update

The state legislature is not in session, but Everytown’s contract lobbying firm reports lobbying the Governor on “Issues related to 3D printed guns.”

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Prelude of things to come

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin is one of the biggest supporters of gun control in Albany and she has an op-ed in the Yonkers Times, “Gun Control is Suicide Prevention.”

It’s premise is just recycled antigun talking points so there is no substance there. What I believe is important is that she mentions a couple of bills she is sponsoring. I have found that when electeds do these guest op-eds it is often a sign that they intend to push those bills when the legislature returns to regular session.

The bills in question are A-198A, Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns, and A-1210A, Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person. The former is just stupid, the later is more serious as similar proposals have bee floated in the State Senate. Set up alerts to watch both of them. The state legislature returns to session the 2nd week in January.

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Mamdani calls for AWB

Follow Trump’s example

Crime in Washington D.C. has gotten so bad that President Trump took over control of the police department and sent in the national guard to help them.

He also streamlined the gun licensing process dropping the processing time down to a few days when it used to take months:

“… “President Trump is not only stopping violent crime in Washington, D.C., he is also streamlining the permitting process for law-abiding residents who want the ability to protect themselves and their families,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital. “The Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force has been working with local officials to eliminate longstanding obstacles and successfully reduced the average permit processing time from several months to just five days.” …”

This is important because he is openly acknowledging carrying guns for personal protection is good public policy.

Others, especially the chicken-shit Republicans in New York, should follow Trump’s example.