Friday’s Newsbits:
Elections:
Jurisprudence:
Legislation:
Politics:
Proposed Nassau storage law
I have obtained a copy of the proposed Nassau Co. mandatory firearms storage law.
The legislative clerk’s office insisted I file a FOIL before they would give it to me which was absurd. I was able to get a copy from a legislative aide.
Decriminalize it
New York has slowly been moving in the direction of legalizing recreation marijuana.
The legislature should speed up the process:
“A burglar trying to rob a Main Street apartment early today Monday was shot in the hand by the gun-toting tenant, police said. New Rochelle police said Darius Rogers and a second man broke into an apartment at 759 Main St. around 12:49 a.m. Rogers was armed, but so was the tenant, 21-year-old Nicholas Collado, and Collado shot the intruder, police said. The second intruder fled. Rogers was transported to a local hospital and was treated for non-life threatening injuries. He is facing felony charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon …”
Good. He got what he deserved.
“… Police said they found narcotics in the apartment. So, Collado is facing felony charges of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and second-degree criminal possession of marijuana.”
Decriminalize all of it including the hallucinogenics and get the state out of the drug control business altogether. It is bad policy.
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Newsbits
Tuesday’s Newsbits:
Legislation:
Elections:
- Miner’s minor party isn’t a Republican ploy, but it’s unsure what it is
- Brady Campaign has endorsed Antonio Delgado for Congress in NY’s 19 district
Politics:
- Mount Sinai Leaders Discuss the Future of Medicine at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival
- From Awareness to Action: Combating The Epidemic of Gun Violence
Guns:
Problem
“As the race for governor accelerates, Republican nominee Marc Molinaro says the campaign of Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is trying falsely to define him as an ultraconservative out of step with most New Yorkers on social issues … The Cuomo campaign routinely refers to Molinaro as “Trump mini-me . . . who has an ‘A’ rating from the NRA …” … He defends the right of the National Rifle Association to be included in discussion of gun control and school safety. But he refuses to take campaign contributions from the NRA …”
There are roughly 250,000 NRA members in New York.
A candidate who does not have a personal interest in firearms and has little to no firsthand experience with them isn’t a problem. A candidate who does not want to make guns a priority issue during the campaign isn’t a problem. A candidate who does not want to accept special interest donations isn’t a problem.
This is a problem. A lot of people are going to look at this as an insult as it singles out the NRA.
Newsbits
Friday’s Newsbits:
Elections:
- 5 takeaways: Upset of Rep. Joe Crowley shakes up House primaries in New York
- Miner Picks GOP Mayor As Running Mate
Politics:
- A.G. Underwood Announces 151 Guns Turned In At Plattsburgh Gun Buyback
- NRA host attacks Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in Dem primary
- Can we revive civil discourse? Gun conversation shows one path (Editorial)
Jurisprudence:
Look at the Janus reaction
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court effective the end of July.
Already there is speculation that his replacement will give us a court more supportive of 2nd Amendment rights. That is probably right. To understand how New York representatives would react to a pending gun case that would significantly impact the state, look at how they prepared for the Janus decision which said public employees cannot be forced to pay union dues.
Public sector unions knew they would likely lose that case so earlier this year their allies in the legislature passed and Governor Cuomo signed a new law designed to blunt Janus’ impact. I would expect the same thing to happen when it appears another major SCOTUS ruling on gun rights is imminent.
Turning out to vote
Pat Ryan ran a hardcore gun control campaign for the Democrat nomination in CD-19.
The result of this?
With roughly a 35% turnout, he came in 3rd in a 7-way primary about 17.7% of the vote.
This is more proof that gunsense cannot turn out a voting block even in Democrat primaries.
The winner Antonio Delgado does support gun control, but he didn’t spend a pile of campaign cash running shamelessly dishonest advertisements on television implying the AR-15 is a military weapon.
“Antonio Delgado won Tuesday’s seven-person Democratic primary in New York’s 19th Congressional District, allowing him to run against Republican U.S. Rep. John Faso in November … Delgado also has said he supports universal background checks for gun purchases and closing the gun show loop hole, as well as banning bump stocks.”
Cuomo’s Protect Our Kids ad
A new advertisement paid for by Governor Cuomo’s campaign targets Senate Republicans for not passing his ‘red flag’ gun bill:
Because it is being done as a re-election ad, not an issue ad, I don’t think it will motivate any action on his proposal.