A man decided to ignore New York’s and New York City’s gun control laws by openly carrying a long rifle in Manhattan then going into a building and shooting a bunch of people before finally killing himself.
Of course, the usual suspects tried to exploit this atrocity for political gain, starting with Governor Hochul:
“… Congress must summon the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and finally pass a national assault weapons ban before more innocent lives are stolen …”
“… Bores said, “I think it’s, as our governor said this morning, it is finally time for us to have a nationwide ban on assault weapons, on these AR-15-style weapons. Now, this one was a pistol and a different one, and I expect many of my colleagues in elected office to pick at specific distinctions in weapons. But what’s clear is no one should have a magazine that can shoot 30 rounds. No one should have such a high-powered and maneuverable weapon and be able to walk around city streets or drive it into our state.” …”
See my letter to Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo in the wake of the senseless and tragic shooting in Midtown Manhattan which claimed the lives of Wesley LePatner, Didarul Islam, Aland Etienne, and Julia Hyman. pic.twitter.com/FkjCV3ECT1
— Assemblymember Charles Lavine (@CharlesLavineNY) July 30, 2025
These people pathetic. Gun control has never been popular with the general public and with Democrat approval at 19% right now none of this crap is going anywhere and they know it. They are so lame they just recite the same tired talking points over and over oblivious to the reality that no one is paying any attention to their theatrics and phony hysterics.
The Clinton AWB is gone and is not coming back. At some point I expect SCOTUS will take up one of the similar state-level laws and knock it down once and for all.