A-7752/S-6151, relates to the transport of pistols or revolvers by licensees, has been signed by Governor Cuomo.
Now we wait and see if this derails the lawsuit against New York City.
A-7752/S-6151 to Governor
Gillibrand on gun control and the future of the NRA
State budget gives $70K to gun control advocates
Buried in the state budget Aid to Localities bill A-2003/S-1503D is grant money for gun control advocates.
On Page 13 of the Staff Report on the SFY 2020 Adopted Budget:
Provides an additional $15.3 million in funding from the General Fund to support the following programming: … $70,000 for New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Inc.
On a similar note, a privately funded charity which helps rich City residents throw their money away, “The New York Community Trust Grants $4.8 Million to Invest in a Fairer, More Equitable New York“:
“… The Trust is investing $160,000 in the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund to train community members to work with public school students to reduce violence in high-crime neighborhoods …”
Goroff seeks to challenge Zeldin
Nancy Goroff announced her intention to seek the Democrat nomination to challenge incumbent Congressman Lee Zedlin (R-1) next year.
According to the Riverhead News-Review:
“… I’m running for Congress to use my experience as a scientist to combat global warming, make health care affordable, protect a woman’s right to choose, and end the gun violence epidemic …”
Newsbits
Friday’s Newsbits:
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is holding multiple events across New Hampshire today, including events on gun control and health care.
Elections:
Guns:
Jurisprudence:
NRA:
- Former NRA lobbyist Chris Cox launches new consulting firm
- Oliver North Claims That the NRA’s Leader Defamed Him
Politics:
Democrat primary opportunities
The Intercept reports:
“A SPECTER IS haunting the House of Representatives: the specter of primaries. All the powers of the status quo have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter. Blacklists have been drawn up; arms have been locked … Democratic Reps. Dan Lipinski, Ill.; Eliot Engel, N.Y.; Henry Cuellar, Texas; Steny Hoyer, Md.; and Jerry Nadler, N.Y., are all facing primary challenges, and paranoia is being stoked inside the Democratic caucus. “The question that comes up all the time is, is there anybody internally assisting and abetting, encouraging people to run against incumbents?” Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, told Politico …”
This presents a golden opportunity for NRA and friends to exact revenge on politicians they could not otherwise touch in a general election, particularly Engel and Nadler. Primary turnout is always low so it won’t take much to push these guys off the cliff. Even if NRA is unsuccessful at removing them, they can run up the bill for their re-election campaigns. If they have to spend a lot more money keeping their seats they may reconsider whether or not it is worth it to promote anti-gun/block pro-gun legislation.
That explains it
The Washington Examiner reports, “Kirsten Gillibrand is what 0% in the 2020 polls looks like“:
“… It’s not a visibility problem. Seven in 10 Americans know who she is. They just don’t like her very much …”
“… In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Rick Newman, Gillibrand — a 2020 presidential candidate— said evidence suggested the NRA is starting to lose bits of its political impact. She cited the survivors of 2018’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida —many of whom have become vocal in the debate for more gun control. “The young people of America are raising up,” the New York Democrat said …”
That explains it.
Guest on SOTG Radio
Speaking of “ghost guns”
Two weeks ago the Clown Council discussed legislation pertaining to “ghost guns.”
Today there’s this:
“Transportation Security Administration stopped a man with 3D-printed handgun part in his carry-on baggage at LaGuardia Airport, CBS New York reported. The traveler from Kansas was stopped at a security checkpoint with the weapon July 3. The item included the trigger and body of the gun …”
Not sure why someone would carry the parts in carry-on bags, unless that is all they had.
I don’t think it’s paranoid to say local media is looking for stories to support this legislation.