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Explain this then Carolyn

On: February 20, 2011February 20, 2011 By: admin

The House just overwhelmingly voted against allowing the ATF to spend any monies to track multiple sales of semi-autos along the Mexico border.

So Carolyn, where exactly is all this building momentum for your magazine prohibition bill?

Wishful thinking

On: February 19, 2011February 19, 2011 By: admin

Carolyn McCarthy is trying to claim that there’s momentum building for her magazine prohibition bill H.R. 308:

“… “Every day another Congress member, another editorial board, another organization and another American fed up with gun violence is standing up to support a ban on high-capacity magazines,” said Rep. McCarthy …”

Except that’s not what is happening. The list of co-sponsors is largely made up of the same tired old bunch of antis from traditional leftist bastions including New York and California. As for newspaper editorial boards like the New York Times, who cares what they think? They don’t represent public opinion. As for Joe Citizen, if there was mass public support for gun control then why can’t McCarthy prove this by showing the truckloads of constituent mail Congressmembers have gotten demanding action on this issue? It simply is not there.

Bye, bye Bradley

On: February 19, 2011 By: admin

White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley has resigned in disgrace after his domestic violence convictions.

I wonder how long he will be listed as a MAIG coalition partner?

Schneiderman digging around

On: February 17, 2011February 17, 2011 By: admin

Something is up with Eric Schneiderman. The A.G.’s office has been contacting county clerks around the state for information on pistol licenses: how many have been issued, what sort of restrictions are placed on them, etc.

Kirwan won

On: February 16, 2011 By: admin

Tom Kirwan has finally won AD-100 after the appeals court ruled 4-0 on invalid ballots. Shelly has lost his supermajority in the Assembly and that will have widespread positive political ramifications. We go from D-rated Frank Skartados back to A-rated Kirwan.

Good effort

On: February 16, 2011 By: admin

We came up a little short in yesterday’s special election. With turnout even lower than I expected, MaryJane Shimsky won with 55% of the vote.

It was a good effort nevertheless, considering registered Democrats outnumber Republicans almost 3-1 in the district.

Westchester special election

On: February 13, 2011 By: admin

There is a special election Tuesday for Westchester Board of Legislators in District 12, in/around Greenburg. One of the candidates, MaryJane Shimsky, is a fan of gun control. From the January 14 issue of the Journal News:

“… Shimsky … wants to protect county-funded services and programs such as the Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the rights of residents, including gun control …”

Residents have a right to gun control?

Unfortunately due to the enrollment makeup of the district, she’s likely going to win, although with low turnout it is conceivable opponent Nicholas DeCicco could pull off an upset.