Team Astorino making waves

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Rob Astorino made a good choice in picking Chris Moss.   He isn’t afraid to speak his mind:

“… In his speech to the GOP delegates here in Westchester County, Moss pledged to push for a repeal of the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control law that is deeply opposed by firearms owners and the base of the Republican Party in New York …”

Even better, Team Astorino seems to be distancing themselves from the party-hacks and RINOs who want to go along with Gov. Cuomo rather than offering a competing vision:

“… Another audio clip in the Republican video was Cuomo’s impassioned defense of his gun-control law a month after the Newtown tragedy.  The intended effect of the video is to make Cuomo sound like a ranting, rabid anti-gun advocate …”

This shows they actually went out and asked real people what they thought about the issues, as opposed to the Long Island Senate RINOs who vote according to the biased Siena polling they conduct.

Astorino-Moss ticket

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Rob Astorino has picked Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss to be his running mate.

Moss has been a vocal critic of the SAFE Act:

“… Cuomo pushed the sheriffs to stop publicly speaking out against the act, Moss said. “The governor was of the opinion that the sheriffs around the state should not be interjecting their personal opinions in reference to the law,” Moss said, adding that Cuomo said sheriffs can’t do that and enforce the law. One person briefed on the meeting said Cuomo threatened to remove sheriffs from office, a little-used power afforded the state’s chief executive under the state constitution. Moss would not confirm this. He did say the meeting was heated at times, but overall he described it as “cordial.” …”

It’s good that Astorino has picked someone outside the Ed Cox/Al D’Amato/Dean Skelos clown cabal.

$2.1 billion

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How much has the SAFE Act cost New York?

According to the NSSF, $2.1 billion.

Good thing New York is Open for Business.

According Ted, SAFE is working

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According to Senator Ted O’Brien, the SAFE Act is working:

“… on the SAFE Act gun control law, O’Brien said there may be aspects that could be improved, but most of its provisions are reasonable.  “I personally think the SAFE Act is working,” O’Brien said …”

Ok.  Then campaign on it.

He is up against a well-known opponent Rich Funke and is one of the more vulnerable Democrats in the Senate.  If O’Brien really believes this then he ought to make it a signature issue in his re-election campaign.

Prediction: because he is a hunter, he tries Fudd pandering saying SAFE doesn’t affect “sportsmen.”

States supporting lawsuit against SAFE Act

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Twenty-two states have filed an amicus brief in support of NYSRPA’s lawsuit against the SAFE Act:

Media coverage:

It’s all about priorities

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Teri Weaver at the Post-Standard asks, which was debated longer on the Senate floor: a bill making yogurt the official state snack or the SAFE Act?

The yogurt debate took 44 minutes.  SAFE was done in less than 30.

GOP legislators lying about SAFE funding

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From the NY Post, “GOP lawmakers mad over ‘hidden’ gun-control funding in state budget“:

“Pro-gun GOP lawmakers are smoking mad that they voted for millions of dollars in funding for the SAFE Act — the state’s strict gun-control law — claiming they didn’t know the spending was hidden in state budget bills.  As part of the newly adopted state budget, legislators approved the reappropriation of $28 million to fund a gun database and another $3.2 million in new money for SAFE Act staff.  Two GOP senators blasted the maneuver.  “We were told there was no funding for it. If there was, I would have voted against it,” said one senator, who requested anonymity.  Several Assembly GOP lawmakers said they knew only about the gun-law funding after a state Budget Division briefing.”

Bullshit.

The Assembly openly debated this funding on the chamber floor in public session.  Everybody knew the money was there.  Proof of this can be found in the April 11 edition of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, “Stec warns against state gun database“:

“Assemblyman Dan Stec is warning against a provision in the state budget which would fund a state database for gun records, required by last year’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.  Stec, a Republican from Queensbury, objects to a $3.2 million allocation in the budget to implement the database.  That line item falls within a provision that gives state police $88.9 million for technical police service programs. The state gave $27.7 million for a SAFE Act database last year, according to news reports …”

SAFE lawsuit fundraiser shoot at DCPA

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Legislative Report #16

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Legislative Report #16 is now online.

Raising eyebrows and lowering the bar

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Buffalo-area Assemblyman David DiPietro is holding a fundraiser raffle with guns as prizes.

Let the whining and teeth-gnashing begin:

“… DiPietro, a fierce critic of Gov. Cuomo’s gun control law that passed last year, said he knew “it’s red meat for a lot of people downstate.”  “There is such a disconnect between the New York City people and the rest of the state,” he said.”The upper crust in Manhattan and on the Upper East Side, they have no clue.” …”

Manhattan Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal then proves DiPietro right by responding:

“… “After learning about this event, I must admit that my upper West Side eyebrows were raised,” she said. “I would hope that elected officials would set the bar, not lower it.” …”

Really?  Considering the sheer volume of disreputable and corrupt politicians this state has produced in recent memory, the overwhelming majority of which were her fellow NYC Democrats who she lacked the courage to speak out against, her statement perfectly demonstrates the point DiPietro is trying to make.