All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
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A man decided to ignore New York’s and New York City’s gun control laws by openly carrying a long rifle in Manhattan then going into a building and shooting a bunch of people before finally killing himself.
Of course, the usual suspects tried to exploit this atrocity for political gain, starting with Governor Hochul:
“… Congress must summon the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and finally pass a national assault weapons ban before more innocent lives are stolen …”
“… Bores said, “I think it’s, as our governor said this morning, it is finally time for us to have a nationwide ban on assault weapons, on these AR-15-style weapons. Now, this one was a pistol and a different one, and I expect many of my colleagues in elected office to pick at specific distinctions in weapons. But what’s clear is no one should have a magazine that can shoot 30 rounds. No one should have such a high-powered and maneuverable weapon and be able to walk around city streets or drive it into our state.” …”
See my letter to Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo in the wake of the senseless and tragic shooting in Midtown Manhattan which claimed the lives of Wesley LePatner, Didarul Islam, Aland Etienne, and Julia Hyman. pic.twitter.com/FkjCV3ECT1
— Assemblymember Charles Lavine (@CharlesLavineNY) July 30, 2025
These people pathetic. Gun control has never been popular with the general public and with Democrat approval at 19% right now none of this crap is going anywhere and they know it. They are so lame they just recite the same tired talking points over and over oblivious to the reality that no one is paying any attention to their theatrics and phony hysterics.
The Clinton AWB is gone and is not coming back. At some point I expect SCOTUS will take up one of the similar state-level laws and knock it down once and for all.
President Trump made Jeanine Pirro Washington D.C.’s Interim U.S. Attorney back in May and last week the Senate Judiciary Republicans voted to advance her nomination for a permanent position.
Sher is absolutely not pro-gun. I have not forgotten about her tenure as Westchester Co. D.A. where she used that office to push a hardcore gun control agenda.
President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” dropped the tax on suppressors and short-barrelled rifles to $0 which is nice, but did not do much for New Yorkers.
Now we are getting some action. The DOJ has filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in the 9th Circuit case Wolford v. Lopez.
USA Today explains:
“… Five Democrat-led, mostly densely populous states passed laws that prohibit bringing a handgun onto someone else’s property without that person’s express consent. Now the Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to declare that such rules in Hawaii, California, New York, Maryland and New Jersey violate the Constitution. “The United States has a substantial interest in the preservation of the right to keep and bear arms and in the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment,” Solicitor General John Sauer wrote in explaining why the Department of Justice wants the high court to weigh in …”
This seems to follow along with Trump’s 80/20 strategy of going after issues that broad support with little opposition. This part of Governor Hochul’s signature gun control law has gotten very little press coverage can would likely disappear with little fanfair.
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The only thing that makes Andrew Cuomo even the slightest bit appealing is the fact that Zohran Mamdani is a racist, anti-Semite who is to the left of Karl Marx.
In it to win it. pic.twitter.com/1pr5obsVAu
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) July 14, 2025
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Good news: Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo for the Democrat nomination for NYC Mayor.
Bad news: Mamdani said back in ’22 he wants to “ban all guns.”
Councilmen Erik Bottcher and Julie Menin decided to hold a presser this week on their bill, INT 1016-2024:
Proud to join @ebottcher press conference ahead of our @NYCCouncil hearing on his bill requiring gun stores to display graphic imagery & written warning signage about dangers of keeping a firearm at home. Toys, pharmaceuticals, cigarettes and alcohol all have consumer warnings.… pic.twitter.com/DDMW3YBCcK
— Julie Menin (@JulieMenin) June 17, 2025
From the bill text:
Every dealer in firearms and dealer in rifles and shotguns shall, in the place where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are displayed or where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are transferred to a purchaser, conspicuously post:
1. A notice stating: “A firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, homicide, death during domestic disputes, and unintentional deaths to children, household members, and others. If you or a loved one is experiencing distress or depression, call the Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355) or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.” Such notice shall be at least 8 inches by 11 inches and printed in no less than 36-point font, and shall be unobstructed in its entirety … Any person who violates subdivision b of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 …
Here’s a video of him bloviating about it:
Both these morons are too arrogant and stupid to accept that the main reason people buy guns is because they are dangerous. This will do nothing to discourage people from exercising their civil rights.