Some of the usual suspects in Albany are hoping to exploit the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin to push for more gun control in New York. I had a roughly 15 minute interview with a New York Times reporter this afternoon who was doing a story about it and got in one good point:
“… But Jacob J. Rieper, the vice president of legislative and political affairs for the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, said lawmakers were trying to capitalize on the mass shootings to push their own agendas. “They’re trying to throw out a bunch of stuff basically to see what sticks,” Mr. Rieper said, adding, “Since when has taking guns from decent people prevented bad people from committing crime?” …”
What didn’t make it in print is that sometime later this year there will be a special legislative session and NYAGV and the Senate Democrats are trying to get microstamping on the agenda. That is what this is all about.