All about guns, legislation and politics in New York
Carolyn McCarthy endorsed Kathleen Rice for D.A., not fellow gun grabber Eric Schneiderman:
… “New York needs an attorney general whos both tough and progressive, and no one running for the office possesses that quality better than Kathleen.” …
I guess all those years carrying the antis agenda in the Senate really didn’t count for much.
Next weeks legislative agenda:
Senate Codes, Tuesday June 8
S-5459, requires that the person be at least fourteen years of age, with no maximum age, for the possession and use of a pistol or revolver at a pistol range.
S-6005A, requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition.
Senate EnCon, Tuesday June 8
S-3223, “canned hunt”, prohibits the taking of non-native big game mammals in a fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to escape.
The GOP has nominated Staten Island D.A. Dan Donovan to be their candidate for state attorney general. That means at least two of three top ticket races have antigun candidates from both sides. Don’t know about Harry Wilson yet.
From Real Clear Politics:
“… Gallup’s generic polling shows the number of voters saying that they would vote for Republicans rising three points from last week, while the number saying they will vote for Democrats dropped four points. The 49%-43% lead for the Republicans is the largest that the pollster has ever recorded for the party. Moreover, Democratic enthusiasm for voting this fall fell a point, while enthusiasm among Republicans stayed about fifteen points higher. This indicates an even wider lead for Republicans once Gallup imposes a likely voter screen this fall …”
Instead of taking advantage of this, what do we get from the NY GOP? Rick Lazio. According to every poll I’ve seen, Andrew Cuomo will squash him like a bug. Why? It’s not because people are in love with Cuomo. I like this observation from Bob Fois:
“… why has the New York Republican establishment looked at the best opportunity to win in 15 or 30 years and seemingly squandered it? Too much subtracting their opponents, not enough addition of their own candidates …”
Right. Where are the Republicans reaching out to the people? They’re definitely not trying for the gun vote. I don’t even see them looking to registered Republicans for support. It’s all the backroom boys pulling strings.
Don’t donate to the New York Community Trust.
… New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund, $55,000 to train young people in high-crime neighborhoods to speak out and organize against gun violence, and work with elected officials to strengthen gun laws. They will also show and distribute topical videos produced by Trust grantee Downtown Community Television Center …
… New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, $60,000 to train young people to become advocates for gun-violence prevention and design and carry out community improvement projects …
… New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund will join with the American Friends Service Committee New York Metro Regional Office to organize anti-gun efforts in neighborhoods that suffer most from gun violence. With a $50,000 grant, meetings will be held with youth, community leaders, residents, and local police to hear concerns, identify conditions that lead to illegal guns, and listen to ideas to decrease the demand for guns. It will also form a youth chapter in Brooklyn that will teach young people to speak out against illegal guns. The Fund will prepare a report on its findings and meet with City officials about the issues raised. It will share the report with the 80 mayors who attended the summit, as well as anti-gun groups in cities around the country …
This is probably only the tip of the iceberg.
Assemblyman Bob Castelli’s press release and video from the floor of him speaking against bills A-6468C, microstamping, and A-10894, requiring DCJS to submit a report regarding handgun licenses.
SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
For Immediate Release: 5/26/10
Contact: Undersheriff Eric Chaboty
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY THWARTED AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE PHARMACY
On Wednesday May 26, 2010, at approximately 2:45PM, Deputies from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call of an attempted robbery at the Pharmacy on RT-52 in the Village of Jeffersonville. Employees reported that a male wearing a blue jumpsuit and a dark ski mask entered the business wielding a baseball bat and stated, “Give me all the drugs!” An employee of the store pulled a licensed pistol on the suspect and asked him, “Do you really want to do this?” The suspect fled the pharmacy empty handed. Deputy Eric Briehof in the Sheriff’s K-9 unit found the suspect in his residence at 4726 ST-52, near Lake Jefferson, and took him into custody. Deputies have identified the man as 55 year old Robert Roach of Jeffersonville. He was arraigned before Town of Thompson Judge Martin Miller on a charge of Attempted Robbery 1st degree, Criminal Posession of a Weapon 4th, and Menacing in the 2nd degree. Roach was sent to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.
David Koon killed off two more of his antigun bills: A-2885, directs the superintendent of state police to issue rules to prevent the transfer of unsafe firearms to the state, and A-4377, authorizes the award of compensation to individuals injured by any person using a firearm, rifle or shotgun if such weapon was sold without a locking device.
Bob Fois nails it:
“… Republicans in New York seem unwilling or unable to pull behind a candidate like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. This is the real divide in New York. Old guard, liberal, elitist and corrupt establishment politics continues to plague both major parties — except Democrats are better at this stuff. Republicans will never defeat the Democrats statewide with the same old strategies … When the New York State Republican Committee starts to grasp the true demographic needed to wage a competitive statewide challenge to liberal Democrats like Andrew Cuomo, Republicans will start being Republicans again. Until then, the Republican establishment is wasting everyone’s time (and money). Andrew Cuomo will be elected the next governor of New York State, by default …”
RES 244-2010 was introduced to the Public Safety Committee yesterday by Councilman Lew Fidler. It calls upon the state legislature to pass a some gun control bills relating to pistol licensing and gun dealers.