Biden urges Democrats to commit suicide

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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

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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!

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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.

Technology will make the antis obsolete

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Over the last couple of years, there has been an effort made to produce guns/gun parts using 3-D printing technology.  While the tech isn’t quite there yet, early results look promising.

Of course, the antis do not like this.  Rep. Steve Isreal announced his intention to introduce legislation to prohibit “printed” guns.  No doubt this will be as effective as government efforts to wipe out spam, file sharing and software piracy.

The Register (UK) offers a roundup of relatively affordable 3-D printers available now to get an idea of the current state of technology.  ExtremeTech shows where 3-D manufacturing is going with metal printing.  As with all technology, it will become better, faster and cheaper.  When it become possible to print a pistol at home with the same effort it does to print on paper, the antis will be obsolete.

MAIG Super Bowl ad

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NYSRPA/SAF lawsuit update

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Update to the NYSRPA/SAF lawsuit against NYC over the gun license fees: Oral arguments were made yesterday in the 2nd Circuit Court appeal.   The judges asked repeatedly the attorneys for the City and State to justify the cost difference inside and outside of NYC and did not appear to be satisfied with the answers given.  They were also very interested in legislative history materials.

Our lawyers opinion is “guarded optimism.”  A decision could come at any time, but probably not before summer.

Really delusional

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Shockingly, the Governor’s popularity is declining despite his assertion that his gun law really isn’t that bad:

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s job approval rating dropped 15 percentage points because of voters’ concerns about the new gun-control law, a poll released Wednesday found.  Cuomo’s approval rating — which has been virtually unblemished since he took office in 2011 — fell from 74 percent to 59 percent, according to the Quinnipiac University poll …”

Lawsuit press

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The media is giving us lots of press for suing over the Cuomo gun law.  Had they given our side a fraction of the attention we’re getting now right after the State of the State, I don’t think the bill would have passed.

Notice of Claim filed

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Cuomo lawsuit update: A Notice of Claim is being filed today.  It is the start of what will probably be a very long process.

Here is the legal document filed on behalf of NYSRPA, WCFOA, SAFE and AR15.com.