All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
Rep. John Katko said back in July he was working on a “red flag” gun control bill.
He still hasn’t introduced anything.
There has to be model legislation written by either Brady, Giffords or some other gun control group Katko could simply stick a bill number on, but that hasn’t happened. With Congress scheduled for recess the second week in October this idea is clearly not going anywhere at the federal level.
Governor Cuomo behaves differently depending upon where he is in the state.
Here he is on Long Island accepting the endorsement of gun control advocates:
Here is the advertisement he is running in the Albany market:
I don’t think either of these will be effective in turning out voters, but with primary turnout always low to start with, Cuomo is looking for tiny percentages.
Saturday’s Newsbits:
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Governor Cuomo has spent $16 million dollars since mid-July trying to fend off Cynthia Nixon’s primary challenge. At the rate he is going the total should be $20 million by next week. This plus the $5 million he spent from January through July.
By contrast, Nixon has spent $500,000.
For some reason there has been no polling done on the race since late July. I have not seen any signs for either candidate, but with roughly 70% of the turnout coming from the City area I think Nixon should pull a third of the vote.
Senate hearings on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to SCOTUS have begun.
It’s been every bit the shitshow I thought it would be.
One of the Democrats, possibly DiFi, brought in one of the Parkland parents and, in an attempt to embarrass Kavanaugh, offered to shake his hand in front of the cameras. The published picture shows Kavanaugh just looking at the outstretched hand and the antigunners, including asshat Chris Cuomo, are claiming he turned away without acknowledging him. However, video clearly shows that security intervened and moved him away. Neither the antis nor their political and media allies are interested in the truth so the fact that they would try and pull this sort of stunt is not a surprise.
Republicans should have expected it and planned their own handshake. Defensive gun use far exceeds that of criminal misuse. Why weren’t there a dozen defensive gun users in the audience? Republicans and the NRA need to start thinking like the Democrats to better control the narrative.
Tuesday’s Newsbits:
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Letitia James released a video highlighting inconsistencies in the rhetoric of her rival Democrat Attorney General nominee Zephyr Teachout when discussing the SAFE Act:
The last poll I saw showed James leading the pack with nearly half undecided, but Teachout has received the endorsements of both the New York Times and Daily News so it’s reasonable to assume James is worried about her tenuous lead.