Gun Control Day ’10 will probably be next week on Tuesday and/or Wednesday depending on what time voting starts. New Yorkers Against Gun Violence has their annual lobby day scheduled for Tuesday. According to their website:
“An estimated 250 students will lie down on the ground in complete silence for several minutes as a silent protest to urge state lawmakers to take urgent action and pass sensible gun laws to save lives.”
Big deal. There were 10 times that when we did our lobby day back in January and, unlike the students who I’d bet are more interested in just skipping a day of school than in making a political statement, our side actually had to take a day off to show up at the LOB/CAP.
The Assembly floor calendar has not been updated yet so I’m not sure exactly which bills will get voted on in that chamber. The new .50 prohibition bill A-9864 has not advanced from Codes since its reintroduction by Michael Benjamin back in February. David Koon has not (yet) reintroduced the bills he killed last month either.
The Senate Codes agenda is out for next week and there are no gun bills on it.