All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
The Brady’s have release their annual state scorecard and New York comes in at #4 with 62 points which gets us 3 Stars. The national average is 15 points and 0 Stars.
Some crap media outlets will no doubt carry their press release, but the political impact will be zero.
According to the Queens Gazette, Carolyn McCarthy will primary Gary Ackerman for the Democrat nomination if CD-4 and CD-5 are merged together.
That would not go well for McCarthy. Ackerman has seniority and, unlike McCarthy, isn’t a one issue shill. I see him rolling all over her in a primary.
Timeline:
Several antis in Albany are trying drum up support for their agenda, and microstamping in particular.
First Michelle Schimel, Brian Kavanagh and Eric Adams each sent out a press release touting SLAIG, State Legislators Against Illegal Guns, which is modeled after MAIG. Next, according to the Daily News, they’re going to “begin a “sustained” push” for microstamping in the State Senate.
This appears to be nothing more than a PR campaign which has gotten some help from a couple of sympathetic newspapers. I don’t see any new momentum behind microstamping. If anything, it has been becoming increasingly unpopular with legislators as evidenced by the decreasing number of votes in the Assembly for it. SLAIG itself is a farce and largely just a soapbox for Schimel.
Fresh of his three primary wins, it looks like it’s Rick Santorum’s turn to be the anti-Romney candidate. Like those before him, he’s going for the gun vote too. The NSSF reports, “Santorum ‘Stands Tall’ for 2nd Amendment at NSSF Member Range“:
“… Rick Santorum demonstrated his strong support for the individual right to keep and bear arms by visiting H&H Shooting Sports Complex in Oklahoma City en route to a rally today … During his pre-rally visit at H&H, Santorum said, “I wish we could have had it here, this would have been perfect.” He added, “I am very impressed. It is easy to see why gun ownership is so strong here, and I stand tall with the Second Amendment.” …”
It appears that Carolyn McCarthy has been right to be worried about CD-4 being redistricted out of existence. According to the Daily News:
“… State Senate and Assembly negotiators are looking at merging McCarthy’s Nassau County district into a Nassau-Queens district now held by fellow Dem Gary Ackerman, sources close to the planning said. McCarthy’s current district “collides” with Ackerman’s, making it a perfect candidate for merger, insiders said …”
That plus the fact that McCarthy is dumb as toast. She’s not a powerbroker. She’s nothing more than a single issue shill, and her one issue is becoming increasing unpopular with the public. In other words, she’s expendable.
Seen over at Human Events, “Romney is good for guns, guns owners.”
Umm, No.
More like gun owners would probably have a better chance of influencing policy under a President Romney than a second-term President Obama. That looks to be about as good as it will get this time around.
Not content to annoy people in her home state with her crackpot gun control schemes, Michelle Schimel has decided to branch out:
“I recently met with Jody Weis, Deputy Director of the Chicago Crime Commission … As the sponsor of a microstamping bill in the New York State Assembly, I met with Mr. Weis after learning of his interest in microstamping technology from a national news show where he spoke about his plan to push for microstamping legislation in Illinois … Both of us agreed that I should reach out to members of the Illinois State Legislature …”
I’m sure the ISRA will appreciate Schimel’s efforts.