Monday’s Newsbits:
Guns:
- State champion Alexis Kirk aims for more success with Clarence rifle team
- Bullseye: Rifle team makes debut in Hoosick Falls
Jurisprudence:
Politics:
Out of Order podcast
Rensselaer Co. Resolution P/47/19
The Rensselaer County Legislature will take up Resolution P/47/19 expressing their opposition to so-called “Red Flag” gun control laws at tomorrow’s regular meeting of the county legislature.
Given the state legislature already passed A-2689/S-2451 a couple of weeks ago this is little more than a political stunt by the GOP-majority county legislature.
DiPietro on Safe Storage bill
Singas’ advocating for mandatory storage
More evidence that at some point during this legislative session the state legislature is going to take up one of the mandatory firearms storage bills:
DA Singas joined LA City Attorney @Mike_Feuer and @everytown at @ProsecutorsAGV in Houston today to discuss strategies to keep kids safe in schools and to promote safe fun storage. Send your ideas to our Task Force at https://t.co/Mwwf1sjOsM pic.twitter.com/3yz2MoTvhj
— Nassau County DA (@NassauDA) February 11, 2019
Newsbits
Monday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
- The Gun Grenade in the Hands of the Supreme Court
- Chemerinsky: Supreme Court’s recent actions are telltale signs of its future direction
- TSA Continued to Detect Slight Uptick in Firearms Caught at New York City Area Airports in 2018
- Report: Genesee County won’t prosecute over NY SAFE Act’s seven-round limit
Legislation:
Politics:
Morelle wants security standards for gun stores
Second Amendment Guarantee Act
Rep. Chris Collins has reintroduced his “Second Amendment Guarantee Act“:
“… The Collins bill would prevent states from implementing any regulations on weapons that are more restrictive than what is required by federal law. Passage of the bill would void most of the language included in New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo …”
Current bill is H.R.1072 with Tom Reed, Elise Stefanik and Lee Zeldin as co-sponsors.
It went nowhere in the House last session and did not have a Senate companion. I do not see it doing any better this time around. It’s primarily purpose is public relations for Collins.
Do the same thing in the Senate
House Democrats held hearings on gun control legislation.
It was their typical circus with our own Jerrold Nadler as ringmaster:
We have seen this over and over on so many issues championed by the Left and Republicans never learn from it.
Here is what they should do: The Senate should hold a similar hearing on reciprocity and only invite pro-gun speakers to testify in favor of it. There should be a full court press with antigun advocates excluded. Pro-gun politicians should publicly mock gun control positions, denigrate the astroturf advocates and shout-down the gun control politicians when they interrupt. There is no reason for them to just sit back and hope the issue of gun control will simply go away. Same with the NRA. They need to push pro-gun Congressmen on this.
Newsbits
Thursday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
- Does the Second Amendment Secure a Right to Carry Guns in Most Public Places?
- Gun rights group continues to secure promises of no enforcement of seven-round limit from prosecutors
Legislation:
- State Legislature passes sweeping gun-control measures
- Braunstein announces passage of first comprehensive gun control legislation since Sandy Hook
- Lawmaker proposes bill to ban gun raffles
- New York lawmakers propose bill to ban raffling guns, alcohol
Politics: