Newsbits

Monday’s Newsbits:

At 1:10 pm today Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer will speak at Harlem Mothers SAVE Stop the Flow rally against illegal guns, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan.

Elections:

• Democrats in Iowa Offer Plans to Combat Gun Violence

Jurisprudence:

• New York eased gun law hopeful Supreme Court would drop Second Amendment case — but that hasn’t happened yet
• Gun-control backers concerned about changing federal courts
• Recent briefs filed in the case of NYSRPA v. City of New York

Legislation:

• The Fray: House Dems urge Senate to take up gun bills now
• Schumer wants FBI to sign off on body armor sales

NRA:

• Does the NRA still have power? The pro-gun group is in uncharted territory after latest mass shootings

Politics:

• De Blasio tells Trump to use his ‘tiny little hands’ to act on gun control
• Kirsten Gillibrand: Iowa needs governor who will stand up for gun control, she says after Soapbox