All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
The Town of Grand Island will take up a resolution in opposition to Governor Cuomo’s proposed gun control expansion and reaffirming their support for the 2nd Amendment at the next Town Council meeting on Tuesday the 22nd at 8:00pm.
Here is a copy of the resolution.
Councilman Mike Madigan is encouraging town residents to contact the council and attend the meeting to show their support.
With solid majorities in both chambers Democrats do not seem to be in any hurry to reintroduce old bills with new numbers for the current session.
Based upon action in previous years these are likely to come up:
I am still waiting for legislation on the items Gov. Cuomo asked for. A bump-stock ban bill was introduced by Senator Lanza, S-1337, but since he’s a Republican I doubt that is the bill they are going to move.
Assemblyman DiPietro just shared this:
This is exactly what the state legislature will do if some aspect of New York gun law is ruled unconstitutional by SCOTUS. They will rewrite it with slightly different wording and punctuation and start the judicial process all over again.
The only way for permanent change is for gun owners to be involved with Democrat party politics and their selection and election processes.
The state legislature begins their regular session on Monday. In addition to the bills Governor Cuomo said he wanted passed there are others which I believe the legislature will take up.
Here is the list of ones that need to be watched:
Saturday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
Politics:
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:
@MayorQuill & Council support @NYGovCuomo's call for NY to pass Red Flag Bill, preventing individuals who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing guns. (Auburn City Council Res. 49-2018) https://t.co/LeghB3RMU7
— City of Auburn, NY (@_cityofauburn) January 11, 2019
Governor Cuomo outlined his gun control agenda for this session. It includes:
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. 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.