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It doesn’t look as if the Senate GOP and IDC have come to any agreement regarding microstamping or other gun legislation.
Skelos: “there is no agreement on any legislation whether it will pass, not pass, or come to the floor for a vote”
— Capital Tonight (@CapitalTonight) December 11, 2012
Coming on the heals of our defeat in the 2nd Circuit, the 7th Circuit has ruled that Illionis prohibition on carrying concealed firearms is unconstitutional.
The antis are going to shit themselves over this.
This mornings Daily News reports:
“… The newly created Senate governing coalition consisting of Republicans and a breakaway faction of five Democrats may give some committee chairmanships to Democrats who aren’t part of the power scheme, sources told the Daily News …”
A good indication of where the gun bills will be going is who gets to appointed to chair Codes.
Jose Peralta has pre-filed a dozen antigun bills thus far in the Senate. I predict he’s going to be a real pain next year, trying to draw as much media attention to himself for his Queens BP run.
Gov. Cuomo lays out his 10-point litmus test for the new Senate “leadership.” Microstamping is not mentioned.
The microstamping bill has been pre-filed in the Senate for the 2013-14 session as S-68 by Jose Peralta.
Peralta has declared his intention to run for Queens Boro President next year. He seems to think that pushing gun control will help his campaign:
“… As the Democratic minority whip, Peralta focused on getting the party in line on same-sex marriage last year. Now he is turning his attention to gun control. Peralta has been advocating for many months for the microstamping of bullets, which would imprint markings on a bullet allowing law enforcement to trace the gun from which the bullet was fired …”
The so-called Independent Democratic Conference announced their “progressive” agenda items.
Microstamping is not mentioned.
Lots of funny shit going on behind the scenes and some Democrats are screaming. God knows what this means for us:
INBOX: Espaillat (mentioned as possible Senate Dem leader) does not condemn #GOPIDC, calls for “progressive” bills to be taken up. #nysenate
— Capital Tonight (@CapitalTonight) December 4, 2012
State Sen. Adriano Espaillat puts out statement urging GOP/IDC partnership to put min wage, Dream Fund, microstamping bills to a vote.
— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) December 4, 2012
Notice how quiet both Cuomo and Silver have been lately. That cannot be a coincidence.
I have no idea how this will affect microstamping and other antigun legislation in the upper house:
Skelos and Klein announce an “historic bipartisan partnership to continue the tremendous progress achieved over the past two years”
— Legislative Gazette (@AlbanyLG) December 4, 2012
Sens Klein & Skelos will assume roles of “Conference Leader,” will have “joint and equal” control over active list, agenda, appointments.
— Capital Tonight (@CapitalTonight) December 4, 2012