All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
Back in February, 12000 gun owners came to Albany to protest the SAFE Act. The result: no arrests, no disorderly conduct, nothing.
This week, a handful of racial leftists come to Albany to promote taxpayer funded elections (welfare for politicians.) The result: one arrest and protesters are escorted out of the Senate gallery by the police.
This is so boring and predictable:
“A major Democratic donor launched a new campaign and corresponding website on Wednesday to target gun violence and the National Rifle Association (NRA). Venture capitalist Kenneth Lerer’s website, StopTheNRA.com, features videos, news articles, and images of gun violence in America. It also offers people a platform to join a lobbying campaign to push for reform …”
There’s no need to even comment on this. It will fail just like all the other phony astroturf efforts have.
Once again in Albany, it’s 3 men in a room:
“… The leaders of the Senate and Assembly emerged from a hour-long closed-door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon saying a variety of outstanding issues were discussed … “There were a lot of things discussed today,” Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said, adding that his conference is considering proposed changes to the gun control law known as the SAFE Act. “I know the Assembly passed something exempting retired police officers,” Skelos said. ”There’s a potential that there may be other changes to it.” …”
Repeal it. It’s that simple.
Two more amicus briefs in support of NYSRPA’s lawsuit against SAFE are going to be filed.
The first is by Senator Kathy Marchione, who was one of only two members of the Senate to speak out against the bill, the other being Greg Ball. The second brief is by the New York State Association of County Clerks which has been very vocal in its opposition to the law. I have not heard of any briefs being prepared supporting SAFE.