The Utica City Council passed their two antigun resolutions yesterday. The Observer-Dispatch covers it, “Council supports legislation against illegal guns“:
“The Common Council voted to approve two resolutions supporting pending federal gun control legislation Wednesday. The laws, known as the Terror Gap and Gun Show Loophole, have been championed by gun control advocates as a way of keeping illegal guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals ..”
Bullshit. Local governments do resolutions like this as a way of supporting bills outside their jurisdiction, most often for home-rule requests, but occassionally for other issues. They aren’t legally binding but they do give encouragement to state and federal legislators wanting to push the issue. That’s what they’re going for here.
“… Mayoral aide Angelo Roefaro, who also works as the upstate coordinator for advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said he introduced the legislation first in Utica and will send it around the state next week so that other interested municipalities can decide if they support it …”
No surprise. The NYC Clown Council has being doing this for years for all sorts of nutty causes. MAIG is making a big push with this tactic next door in Pennsylvania as well.
On the positive side, the vote wasn’t unanimous:
“… Councilman Frank Vescera, D-1, said the council should have waited a week so that Dan Sullivan, the Oneida County Assistant Pistol Licensing Officer, could have a chance to come in and discuss the merits of the laws … “Debate was not allowed on this process,” he said.”
Because if it was this stuff would never have brought up in the first place.