Lots of wishful thinking on the part of Paul Helmke. The only resurgence of support for gun control is coming from crap media outlets and kook politicians like Carolyn McCarthy. Even the New York Times admitted a couple of weeks ago that “Support for Gun Control Has Dropped in Recent Years.”
Trying to intimidate Hayworth
The Journal News is trying to intimidate newly elected Congresswoman Nan Hayworth into backing Carolyn McCarthy’s magazine bill:
“… Will our region’s new congresswoman, Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, have the guts to do what is right, or will she cave to the will of the NRA?”
The question should be will she have the guts to do what is right, or will she cave to the will of the JN’s editors?
Legislative Report #3
Legislative Report #3 is now online.
Bloomberg’s B.S.
NRA-ILA in Albany
Bring it on
The Christian Science Monitor is trying to encourage Congress to take up gun control:
“In the wake of the Tucson shootings, reasonable gun control legislation has made an appearance on Capitol Hill. It can survive and become law, but only if lawmakers find the courage to back it. One proposal – introduced in both the House and Senate – would ban high-capacity ammunition clips that hold more than 10 bullets … Another proposal, introduced this week in the Senate, would close the “gun show loophole” … gun-control advocates are not particularly hopeful … There is no way to test the waters but to wade into them …”
Bring it on.
Antigun effort underway?
Newsweek reports that Obama intends to unveil some sort of gun control effort in the coming weeks:
“… in the next two weeks, the White House will unveil a new gun-control effort in which it will urge Congress to strengthen current laws …”
This sounds awfully vague and is most definitely is not what the antis want.
“… The White House said that to avoid being accused of capitalizing on the Arizona shootings for political gain, Obama will address the gun issue in a separate speech …”
The antis are all about capitalizing on tragedy. They have no facts to back up their arguments and their policies are a proven failure at enhancing public safety. All they can do is lie and shriek and whine and hope they can intimidate their opposition into silence.
Obama has been pretty clear with his other far-left policies and right now this just sounds like a lame effort to placate some of his base.
No guns in SOTU speech
Obama didn’t mention guns in his State of the Union speech.
Carolyn McCarthy is not happy:
“… I’m disappointed that President Obama did not urge us to look at our nation’s gun laws …”
“… In a speech that seemed to strive for common ground, he missed a chance for common sense on guns …”
Obama knows gun control is loser of an issue so why should he put effort into it? The electorate is already upset with him and it would just piss more people off if he starts talking it up.
Legislative Awareness Day
Lobby day went well yesterday. The crowd was about the same size as last year despite some bad weather south of Albany and we filled “The Well” again.
Antigun bigot Michelle Schimel was not happy we were coming and sent out a press release hoping to intimidate us. It didn’t work. Schimel decided to go into hiding so none of her constituents could meet with her and by the time I went around to her office the door was closed.
Here are some media reports from around the state:
Bloomberg’s annoucement
Mayor Bloomberg is giving his speech right now on his “major” gun control initiative. The main points are:
- Enhanced background checks, get mental health records from states.
- No private sales, bogus “gun show loophole.”
Plus:
He supports the McCarthy magazine bill.
He’s laying all the blame on Congress for not doing anything about his agenda. He also avoided trashing the NRA.