Bloomberg not happy

Mayor Mike is not happy:

“”This was a defeat for our police officers, district attorneys, and the public – and a victory for criminals who use illegal guns to shoot and kill innocent people. The Senators who voted against this common sense measure listened to the special interests instead of the 100 mayors and 83 police chiefs and law enforcement organizations across New York State who supported it. I want to thank Senator Eric Schneiderman for leading the charge to pass the bill and Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson for bringing a bill on a key public safety issue to the floor. John Sampson showed real leadership on this issue, and despite the result, his efforts are much appreciated. I also want to thank Senator Frank Padavan for doing the right thing and supporting this bill. Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel also deserve great credit for passing this legislation in the Assembly. And while we are all disappointed with the results of today’s vote, we remain committed to passing this bill during this session. We will continue to make the case to our Senators on how important this bill is to cracking down on dangerous criminals and protecting our police officers.”

Microstamping bill laid aside

S-6005A has been laid aside for now.

The bill was brought to the floor.  Senators Eric Schneiderman, Dan Squadron, Craig Johnson, Eric Adams, Liz Krueger, Velmanette Montgomery, Bill Perkins, Ruben Diaz, Malcolm Smith and Suzi Oppenheimer spoke in favor of it. A slow roll call was called for. Voting began. When they were getting to the end of the alphabet, the bill was laid aside.

MAIG microstamping ad

MAIG is running this ad on stations across the state all this week.

Bloomberg goes to Albany

ILA reports that Mayor Mike and some MAIG buddies will be in Albany tomorrow for a press conference to push microstamping in the Senate.  NSSF has an update on their website which spells out what is at state:

“… If S-6005A passes, firearms manufacturers would be forced to abandon the New York market rather than spend the astronomical sums of money necessary to completely reconfigure their manufacturing and assembly processes …”

Everyone needs to keep hammering on the Senators, all of them.

Microstamping update

The Assembly substituted their bill A-6468C, which passed earlier, for the Senate bill S-6005A and put it on 3rd Reading today.  No action taken in the Senate.

Paladino opposes microstamping

Carl Paladino is trying to make gun control a campaign issue.  His campaign just released a statement against microstamping on his facebook group.  He came to the R&P annual meeting over the weekend and I got some pictures of him shooting various guns.

Cuomo quietly pushing microstamping

Andrew Cuomo is quietly pushing microstamping.  On his campaign website, under Issues and Agenda, is his manifesto, “The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action.”  On page 137:

“… We must keep our communities safe.  Gun violence remains one our most serious problems.  We must enact commonsense gun safety laws, such as requiring the microstamping of guns.  Microstamping — a pro-law enforcement, low cost method of expanding the ability of police to identify guns used in illegal activities — would require all new semiautomatic handguns to be equipped with microscopic identifying markings, which are transferred to each cartridge case when the firearm is fired …”

Microstamping to 3rd Report

Microstamping advanced to 3rd Report.

Second wave

Got another robocall from NRA this evening about the microstamping bill.

NSSF will be airing radio ads in the NYC market during morning drive time on Thursday and Friday.