Reid surrenders, Bloomberg whines

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Harry Reid has raised the white flag on gun control:

“Senate Democrats have abandoned efforts to pass a law this year expanding background checks for gun purchases — dealing a new setback to the drive for tougher gun laws after the Newtown school massacre.  In a meeting Thursday with a pro-gun-control group, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said budget battles looming this fall will make it impossible to enact the background-check measure that failed to pass in April …”

And our little Mayor ain’t happy about it:

“A day after Senate Democrats announced plans to abandon efforts to pass substantive gun control laws this year, a disgusted Mayor Bloomberg accused Congress of being too lazy to carry on the fight – and warned of repercussions at the ballot box.  “We’re going to keep going after senators that won’t [support gun control],” he said in his weekly appearance on the John Gambling radio show.  “If Congress won’t [act],” he added, “we’ve got to have the public get up and say ‘We’re not going to take it.  We’re going to vote for somebody else.’” …”

Therein lies Bloomberg’s problem: there is no “we.”  Gun control does not have an activist voting constituency and Congress knows it.

An environment of stupidity

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Union thug from New Jersey explains her opposition to arming teachers:

MAIG paying members off?

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The Mayor of Walden regrets joining Mayors Against Illegal Guns and tells of being promised campaign contributions if he stayed on.

What goes around eventually comes around

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A number of years ago the antis were pushing for a statewide mandatory storage law.  They started with efforts in counties in the lower Hudson Valley.  Fran Knapp led the effort in the Dutchess County Legislature.  It failed and eventually the issue died down.  Knapp did keep up with antigun initiatives, trying to keep gun shows out of the Mid-Hidson Civic Center, but that issue too went away.  Later, she moved on to become Democratic County Elections Commissioner.

So, what’s she been up to lately?

“… Knapp was indicted on 46 felonies and 48 misdemeanors.  The charges against Knapp stem from allegations that in August 2011 she permitted the names of voter agents for absentee ballots to be changed on the Board of Elections’ computer system without the absentee voter’s permission …”

Good.

Protest on Long Island

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There was another protest yesterday on Long Island.  According to Newsday:

“Hundreds of local gun-rights advocates lined Veterans Memorial Highway in Hauppauge Saturday to demand the repeal of the state’s newest sweeping gun regulation.  The protest, led by a coalition of groups, was one of several rallies to take place on Long Island since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act in January …”

Here’s some video:

Neither Cuomo nor Dean Skelos can be happy with this.  All the Long Island Republicans except Lee Zeldin supported SAFE at least in part because they assumed the issue wasn’t important to their constituency.

6%

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More evidence passing the SAFE Act didn’t help Governor Cuomo’s presidential aspirations:

“Glass half full for Cuomo 2016: The New York governor is polling in third place for a potential Democratic presidential primary, trailing only former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden.  Glass half empty: Cuomo garnered support from just 6 percent of the Democrats (or Democrat-leaning independents) polled …”

So best case scenario here is that Democrats don’t see Cuomo’s support for gun control as being very important.

Sink Cuomo’s boat

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Gov. Cuomo and other politicos held a river race to promote tourism in the Adirondacks. SAFE protesters were there.

How to lose money in the stock market

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Bill De Blasio is trying to make some political hay out of his efforts at pressuring financial firms to divest their investments in the firearms industry:

“Six months after launching a national divestment campaign against manufacturers of assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced eight hedge funds and money managers have completely divested their gun holdings, valued at $150 million. Fourteen more firms have scaled back their gun investments by 7.4 million shares—27 percent of their holdings …”

While it is unclear whether or not De Blasio’s campaign really influenced any of these firm’s decisions, for the sake of argument let’s give him all the credit.

From an investors perspective, how smart of a move was it to dump these stocks now?

So basically, anyone who followed De Blasio’s advice lost money.

Way to go Bill.

Hoping to make a martyr

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Lots of racists, radical leftists and antigunners are trying to make Trayvon Martin into a martyr either for their cause or simply for personal gain.

Here’s Josh Horowitz summing up the gun controllers lies:

Pete King for President

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Some rumormongering from Newsmax:

“In a recent political development that could only be called surprising, Newsmax has learned that U.S. Rep. Peter King, past chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is being encouraged by friends in and outside the Empire State to seek the GOP nomination for president in 2016 …”

Why?  He’s an old, Northeastern RINO with limited national exposure.

“… “Peter can speak to and assemble the old Ronald Reagan Democrats — and he’s a world-renowned expert on global terrorism and national defense,” former Rep. Vito Fosella, a New York Republican and close friend of King’s, told Newsmax. “He has broad appeal and that’s why he keeps winning in the Northeast when other Republicans come and go.” …”

Yes, he can speak intelligently on terrorism and defense.  As to the later statement, I’m not so sure.  King’s continued re-election has as much to do with the inter- and intra-party cronyism and collusion Republicans and Democrats engage in as it does with any genuine public backing.