65,376,373

65,376,373.

That’s the total number of background checks since February 2009, Barack Obama’s first full month of his presidency.

RINOs admit real agenda

More proof that the antis real target isn’t a gun ban, but prohibition on private transfers:

“A coalition of House Republicans is willing to thwart the National Rifle Association’s opposition to broadening background checks for U.S. gun purchases. That may be President Barack Obama’s best chance for advancing tougher gun regulations this year.   Representatives Patrick Meehan and Michael Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania are among Republicans expressing openness to expanding the background-check system, including mandatory screening of buyers at gun shows …”

This is the same thing Schumer and MAIG have said.  DiFi’s gun bill is a smokescreen as they know it doesn’t have the votes.

“… Expansion of background checks for gun purchasers is gaining bipartisan support in Congress and among the public while restrictions on weapons may confront stiffer opposition in Congress.  A Quinnipiac University poll released Feb. 7 found more than 9 in 10 Americans support universal background checks …”

I call BS on that.  That’s just the antis trying to get a mantra going.

Drift away

Fred Dicker has a good column in today’s Post regarding Gov. Cuomo’s recent behavior:

“Gov. Cuomo has veered sharply away from the reform and pro-business policies he followed during his first two years in office and is “adrift’’ … insiders, some of whom have known Cuomo for decades, said the governor has become so obsessed with maintaining what until recently were record-high job-approval ratings that he has refused, for fear of alienating politically potent liberal voting blocs,  to make tough decisions … Cuomo signaled his new direction in a State of the State Address last month that was so devoid of serious, game-changing initiatives that he had to rely on two catastrophes — the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut and the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy — for its principle news-generating proposals … what support Cuomo still retained in Senate Republican ranks was badly damaged last month when he pressured Dean Skelos, the weakest GOP leader in modern times, to support a tough new anti-gun law that was so politically damaging that state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has publicly denounced it …”

Yep.  What neither Cuomo nor the GOP have yet to publicly acknowledge, assuming they’re even aware of it now, is the outrage over the SAFE Act isn’t going away.  A lot of people still do not understand what was passed into law and when they find out they get very angry.  It is going to bite Cuomo and the GOP in the ass eventually.

Orange Co. Legislature Passes 2A Resolution

Legislative Report #3

Legislative Report #3 is now online.

Cuomo mags

As a follow up to my previous post, the guys behind the Wiki weapons have updated their 3-D printed magazine design and are calling it the “Cuomo.”

Talking Points Memo reports:

Defense Distributed, the Austin, Texas-based project by 24-year-old law student Cody Wilson and several others to develop 3D printed firearms and firearm components, or “Wiki Weapons,” on Thursday posted a new video online showing a successful test firing of a new 3D printed high-capacity (30-round) automatic rifle (AR) AR-15 magazine, named “Cuomo,” after New York State’s gun-control supporting governor Andrew Cuomo … “He [Cuomo] wants to be associated with these magazines,” Wilson told TPM, reached by phone on Thursday. “Lets make that association permanent.” …”

See the “Cuomo” in action:

Now all they need to do modify the design to include the Governor’s picture on either side of the magazine.

Biden urges Democrats to commit suicide

Joe Biden urges Congressional Democrats to take up gun control:

“U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday to comply with public demands for action to reduce gun violence … “I don’t want to hear about ‘well we can’t take it on because it’s too politically dangerous,'” Biden told House Democrats at the opening of a three-day retreat. “There’s an overwhelming consensus about the need to act.” …”

First off, the public is not demanding any sort of action in support of more gun control.

Second, look how well things have gone for Gov. Cuomo after jumping on the bandwagon:

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s approval rating has fallen sharply among New York voters since he pushed restrictive gun laws through the Legislature, a poll released on Wednesday said. Fifty-nine percent said they approved of Mr. Cuomo’s job performance, down 15 percentage points from his 74 percent approval rating last month, the Quinnipiac University poll found …”

MAIG admits the real agenda

A MAIG mouthpiece admits the real agenda:

“The director of a major gun-control advocacy group co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael I. Bloomberg said Wednesday that securing background checks for all gun sales is their top priority, saying that it’s the biggest problem “and also the thing that we can probably do.” …”

This is the same thing Schumer said a couple of weeks back.  The antis know that Feinstein’s semi-auto and magazine prohibition bill isn’t going anywhere, but they’re talking it up to get gunnies all upset.  After awhile, they’re going to back off, hoping fool our side by offering a compromise: universal background checks.  That sounds reasonable.  What it means is prohibiting private transfers.  Our side gives up something and they give up nothing.  No deal.

Oops!

After losing 3 GOP seats last election cycle over their support for the gay marriage bill, Dean Skelos should have learned that being a rubberstamp for Cuomo isn’t smart.

Well, he didn’t:

“Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said that while he found Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin’s comments on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legislative tactics “inapporpriate” he did say that the chamber may have acted too quickly on the sweeping gun control law last month … “I understand the concern about the use of the message of necessity,” Skelos said at a news conference. “As I reflect back, perhaps we did act in haste and you’ll see that there are going to be amendments to fix some of the mistakes, but I also think that that type of language is inappropriate.” …”

Yeah, well fuck you.

Having a power-sharing agreement with the IDC, at first glance it might have been plausible to believe that Skelos was simply unable to block the gun bill from coming up for a vote.  However, there’s the matter of who is controlling the Senate:

“… While much has been made of the unique structure at the top of the Majority Coalition, including the shared and coequal role played by the IDC’s Jeff Klein and GOP leader Dean Skelos, it’s interesting to looks at the makeup of Senate committees, which are in almost all cases dominated by Republican majorities, even if the IDC and the mainline Democratic members voted en bloc on a given issue … In total, the 31 Republican conference members hold 242 committee posts (7.8 per senator), 166 for the 27 mainline Democrats (6.2 per member), and 34 for the five members of the IDC (6.8 per lawmaker) …”

So, had Skelos’ not immediately caved, there’s a chance the Cuomo bill could have at least been stalled in committee for awhile to allow opposition to build.  Skelos did not want that.

The end result?  A 15-point approval drop for Cuomo and who knows how much for the Republicans.