Month: July 2018

Reason to get involved

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Following up to yesterday’s post is this story also from the Daily News:

“… Marcus Molinaro, the Duchess County executive running for governor, and GOP attorney general candidate Keith Wofford will each report Monday having raised more than $1 million, their representatives say … Meanwhile, the $1 million raised by Wofford, who got into the race in late May, could go further given he is running for an open position … Sources close to the corporate lawyer say about $700,000 of the money he has raised so far came over the past week as the filing deadline approached …”

This is even more reason for NRA to get involved in the Democrat A.G. primary.

Wofford is flying totally under the radar and I know nothing about him, but the fact he was able to make a respectable haul means the campaign can make a solid effort to win.  Forcing Democrat pack leader Letitia James to spend money in primary means she will have less for the general election.  Given that she has a history of being a gun control advocate weakening her campaign would be a plus for 2A.

Newsbits

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Primary choice

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According to the Daily News:

“Public Advocate Letitia James said Thursday she’d investigate the National Rifle Association’s not-for-profit status in New York if she’s elected state attorney general. “I will use the constitutional power as an attorney general to regulate charities, that includes the NRA, to investigate their legitimacy,” James said at a Harlem press conference where she outlined an anti-gun violence platform …”

What NRA ought to do (and I’m confident they won’t) is a GOTV mailing before the Democrat primary telling members to vote against James.  At a minimum it would force her campaign to spend a lot of money it otherwise would not.  Best case is that because of low turnout in the primaries she ends up losing like Joe Crowley did when turnout was 11.8%.

 

Truitt for Assembly campaign kick-off

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I attended Will Truitt’s Dutchess County Campaign Kick-Off yesterday:

Will Truitt for Assembly Dutchess Campaign Kick-Off

Some campaign events are free, others are fundraisers like this one.

Gun owners need to attend such events and gun clubs should pass around the hat to sponsor them.  If clubs were to sponsor say, a dozen such events around the state, so many problems in Albany would go away.

Prediction comes true

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Back in April I made the prediction that Republican Senator Elaine Phillips would not get any help from gun control groups no matter what she does for them.

Today I am proven right:

Archived image here.

New Brady PAC

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The Brady Campaign is once again trying to reinvent itself with the formation of a new Political Action Committee, Brady PAC.

They are looking for a political director to run it.

According to the job description:

“Brady PAC is a new, hybrid Political Action Committee that backs political candidates running for office who support common sense gun violence prevention policies like expanding background checks to all guns sales, banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines, enacting Extreme Risk laws, and other gun violence prevention strategies, policies, practices and programs to make our homes, schools and communities safe …”

Antigunners have never had much success in electing people around their issues so I don’t see this going anywhere.  I am interested to see who is funding this latest effort, though.

Flanagan opens the door

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Under pressure from Governor Cuomo and squishy RINOs in his own conference, Senator John Flanagan has opened the door for returning the Senate to Albany for a special session:

“… The pinball game that is New York politics lit up anew on Wednesday with State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan telling The Point that he would consider calling his conference back for a special session by September, including to consider abortion legislation.  “I am not averse to coming back,” Flanagan told us. “But first there has to be a legitimate agreement with the governor and the speaker on all outstanding issues,” he said …”

Abortion might be the main issue, however, Cuomo is still running ads demanding action on his “red flag” gun control proposal. That could come up as well.

Ryan running for Broome Sheriff

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The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports:

“Former Binghamton mayor Matthew T. Ryan is running for Broome County Sheriff in the November election, challenging incumbent Sheriff David Harder, who is seeking a sixth term. Ryan, a Democrat and Binghamton resident who has no law enforcement background, will be running for sheriff under the Working Families Party ticket …”

Ryan was a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.  Unless the Democrats endorse him I don’t think he’s that serious about running.

Newsbits

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Thursday’s Newsbits:

At 11:00am New York City Public Advocate Letitia James announces plans to fight gun violence in New York if she is elected state attorney general, Harriet Tubman Memorial, St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Manhattan.

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