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City of Auburn Resolution 49-2018

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The City of Auburn passed Resolution 49-2018 calling for passage of “red flag” gun control legislation at the state and federal level.

It actually passed last March, but city officials are trying to get some political mileage out of it by bringing it up now:


Cuomo’s agenda items

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Governor Cuomo outlined his gun control agenda for this session. It includes:

  • “red flag” bill
  • prohibit bump stocks
  • extend background check waiting period to 10 days

It is important to note that this is just what Cuomo is asking for. It does not mean that the full legislature won’t pass addition legislation which the Assembly supported in previous sessions. I am expecting them to do just that. There are already three versions of mandatory storage introduced.

Here is some commentary on the proposals from Rochester media:

Rep. King’s priority item

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Rep. Pete King has a long history of being a RINO.

That tradition continues in the new Congress:

“… Tuesday, on the eighth anniversary of the 2011 Tucson shooting that gravely injured Giffords and left six people dead, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced gun legislation to extend existing background check requirements to almost all gun sales and most gun transfers, including Internet sales, at gun shows and person-to-person transactions, with certain exemptions for immediate family. The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Peter King, R-N.Y., and includes four additional original GOP co-sponsors: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan, Chris Smith of New Jersey and Brian Mast of Florida …”

The bill has not yet been assigned a number.  You can see the draft in Thompson’s press release from yesterday.

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First bills

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The first gun bills for the 2019-20 legislative session are now online.  Senator Ortt introed a bunch of pro-gun bills, but they are all DOA.  The bad stuff is not publicly available yet.

The session begins Wednesday when Governor Cuomo will give his State of the State address and the regular sessions start next Monday the 14th.

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LI Congressional delegation’s gun control priority

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I have a pretty good idea what the Long Island Congressional representatives gun control agenda will be.

First, Newsday reports:

“… Suozzi and Rice also said they will push for comprehensive immigration changes, including legalizing “Dreamers” brought here illegally as children, and gun safety legislation, such as tightening background checks, and campaign finance and voting bills …”

Second, Politico reports:

“House Democrats are planning to move several high-profile bills to combat gun violence soon after they take power in January … With backing from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and key chairmen, Democrats will move to require federal background checks on all gun sales … Rep. Mike Thompson of California … said he will introduce the universal background checks bill early next year. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who has co-authored background-checks bills with Thompson in the past, has told reporters he will back this latest effort as well …”

With the collapse of the Nassau GOP machine RINO King should switch parties.

Fortunately the fundamentals of gun control have not changed since the election.  It still isn’t popular no matter how the media tries to spin it and there isn’t a legitimate grassroots pushing for it.

The Daily News refuses to accept this:

“… smart money says that even a House-passed bill will be dead on arrival in the Republican-led Senate. Why?”

Because your editors are out of touch with reality.

Don’t expect Minority Leader Schumer to go all out for this proposal either.