All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
Wednesday’s Newsbits:
At noon today Rep. Joe Morelle will host a media availability after meeting with members of the Rochester chapter of Moms Demand Action, Keating Federal Office Building, 100 State St., Basement Conference Room, Rochester.
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Legislation:
I went to another one of Rep. Delgado’s town halls on Saturday.
I did not get picked to ask a question this time either. As Delgado listed off the things he has done so far he did say he supported the universal background check bill, H.R.8.
The meeting itself was very educational. Anyone who wants to know why John Faso, and the Senate Republicans, lost should go to one of them as it will be obvious what their problems are.
Monday’s Newsbits:
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Politics:
The Rensselaer County Legislature will take up Resolution P/47/19 expressing their opposition to so-called “Red Flag” gun control laws at tomorrow’s regular meeting of the county legislature.
Given the state legislature already passed A-2689/S-2451 a couple of weeks ago this is little more than a political stunt by the GOP-majority county legislature.
More evidence that at some point during this legislative session the state legislature is going to take up one of the mandatory firearms storage bills:
DA Singas joined LA City Attorney @Mike_Feuer and @everytown at @ProsecutorsAGV in Houston today to discuss strategies to keep kids safe in schools and to promote safe fun storage. Send your ideas to our Task Force at https://t.co/Mwwf1sjOsM pic.twitter.com/3yz2MoTvhj
— Nassau County DA (@NassauDA) February 11, 2019
Monday’s Newsbits:
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Politics:
Rep. Chris Collins has reintroduced his “Second Amendment Guarantee Act“:
“… The Collins bill would prevent states from implementing any regulations on weapons that are more restrictive than what is required by federal law. Passage of the bill would void most of the language included in New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo …”
Current bill is H.R.1072 with Tom Reed, Elise Stefanik and Lee Zeldin as co-sponsors.
It went nowhere in the House last session and did not have a Senate companion. I do not see it doing any better this time around. It’s primarily purpose is public relations for Collins.