Gun Politics New York

Some political theater today in Albany:

“The state Senate’s Democratic Conference fell short in an attempt Wednesday to force a vote in their chamber on a series of gun-safety bills intended to augment the 2013 SAFE Act … [Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins]  and 20 members of her conference subsequently entered the Senate chamber and began pushing their legislation on the floor in a series of what are known as hostile amendments – attaching their legislation to an unrelated bill on organ donations. But when the Democrats asked for a vote by a show of hands, however, they fell short — even with eight votes of support from members of the Independent Democratic Conference — as Republicans in control of the chamber declined to support the measures …”

I knew this was coming.  I also knew it was going to fail because the Governor wasn’t behind it:

If Cuomo gets behind one or more of the bills the Republican Senators will cave.

Another dog-and-pony show at the Capitol today pushing the same bunch of bills announced earlier this month:

This I do not like:

“… GOP lawmakers emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon to not rule out taking up new gun control legislation. “I think that everything has to be on the table,” said Sen. Fred Akshar, a Republican from the Southern Tier region. “Protecting our children should not be a partisan issue and we should be having reasonable and responsible conversations about all of these issues.” That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership …”

Then put right-to-carry on the table.

Are any of the Republican Senators going to do this?

Will any of them even think to do this?

No.

People need to start contacting their local lawmakers.  These spineless jellyfish will cave at the slightest pressure.