Senator Martin Golden on microstamping:
Libous on microstamping
Senator Tom Libous was on NRANews with Ginny Simone this afternoon talking about the microstamping bill.
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Press statements on microstamping
Here’s our press release on microstamping:
“The State Senate’s refusal to act upon a useless and purely politically correct bill on Tuesday was a victory for all New Yorkers. Bill S-6005A would have prevented honest citizens from exercising their right to own handguns for self-defense. The Senators who spoke in favor of passage demonstrated their complete lack of common sense and utter contempt for our civil rights. Even more disgraceful was Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s shameless attempts to buy passage of this legislation with the implied promise of providing financial support to the re-election campaigns of Senators who support the bill. The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Senator Dean Skelos and his conference for doing the right thing and not supporting this bill, along with Senators William Stachowski, Darrel Aubertine and David Valesky for putting principle above party politics and voting against S-6005A.”
Aubertine sent out his own press statement yesterday:
“New York State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine today said the lack of votes for proposed microstamping legislation on the Senate floor is a victory for Upstate New York, law abiding gun owners and our economy. He stood with fellow gun owners and sportsmen in voting against legislation to require new semi-automatic pistols to have micro-stamping technology that marks ammunition …”
Liz Benjamin brings up the topic of Bloomberg’s attempts to influence votes:
“The near-defeat of the microstamping bill yesterday may very well signal the end of the long – and lucrative- relationship between Mayor Bloomberg and the Senate Republicans in a crucial election year when the minority can ill-afford to lose the billionaire mayor’s financial support … [Senator Tom] Libous privately argued to members of his conference that Bloomberg, who has contributed $1.2 million to the Senate GOP since 2003, is unlikely to continue his support given the close split in the chamber and should therefore not be put ahead of the gun lobby, which not only has deep pockets, but also passionate grassroots advocates in crucial upstate districts …”
Bloomberg may have the cash, but he cannot deliver votes at election time.
Bloomberg’s microstamping press conference
Floor discussion on microstamping
Bloomberg 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
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.