Elderly couple hold burglar at gunpoint

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Armed Citizen in Buffalo via WIVB:

“A suspected burglar got a lot more than he bargained for in the town of Concord. He was no match for a no-nonsense elderly couple. You don’t mess with 68-year-old Kathleen Smith or her husband Charles. Neighbors are grateful to them for holding an alleged would-be burglar at gunpoint until State Police arrived … Sgt. Kevin Streety of the State Police took a cell phone call from 68-year-old Kathleen Smith, who was holding the .22 caliber rifle while shouting orders to the younger Michael Smith, no relation … State Police say Michael Smith was caught with a crow bar, metal cutters, and a flashlight, and has admitted he was in the barn to make off with metal for scrap …”

Support lawful gun owners petition

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Sen. Joe Griffo has a Support Our Lawful Gun Owners petition on his website.

News of the day

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Dick Nelson was at yesterdays Sportsman’s Breakfast.  He writes about in his latest column, “Sportsmen get to the meat of the matter.”

The Onatrio Co. rifle hunting bill A-9123 is dead in the Assembly.

The big Syracuse gun show is this weekend at the State Fairgrounds.

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence will be holding  several “lie-ins” tomorrow in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.  Abby Spangler is outraged and will demonstrate this through her gross overuse of the Caps Lock button in her Facebook postings.

Ongoing problems for one of the few pro-gun Senate Democrats Bill Stachowski.  The Capitol covers his primary and general election challenges, “Full Deck Of Candidates Stacked Against Stachowski In Pivotal Senate Race.”

What’s Up NY-23? on the 3 GOP challangers for Kirsten Gillibrand.  Not a very inspiring bunch.

Bloomberg bill dead in the Assembly

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Mayor Bloomberg’s latest idea, prohibiting carrying while intoxicated, was killed in the Assembly.  The enacting clause has been stricken from A-9902.

Sportsmen’s Breakfast

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I went to the 3rd annual Sportsman’s Breakfast sponsored by Ginny Fields in Albany today.  Turnout was better than last year, around 300 or so people attended.  You can tell it’s an election year by the number of politicians, some of whom are not friendly on our issue, who showed up.

Bullis takes a pass

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One month after announcing his bid for State Assembly, Gary Bullis has changed his mind and decided against running for the open seat in AD-115.  At least we did get some free press out of it courtesy of WKTV:

“… Bullis is not endorsing any candidate at this time, but is committing to continue to represent the people’s concerns by working behind the scenes. “I will continue to represent the taxpayers’ concerns on issues through my ongoing political involvement with organizations like New York State Conservation Council (NYSCC), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), National Rifle Association, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Herkimer County Conservation Alliance, New York State Outdoorsman Hall of Fame and the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership“, states Bullis …”

Forsythe considering Assembly bid

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The Ogdensburg Journal reports that St. Lawrence County Legislator David Forsythe is considering running for State Assembly in AD-118.  He was one of the co-sponsors of a county resolution last year RES 236-2009 opposing renewable pistol license legislation in Albany.

Schneiderman running for AG

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Eric Schneiderman has formally announced his bid for the Democrat nomination for state attorney general.  He sponsors the bulk of the antigun bills in the Senate and intends to make the issue part of his campaign.

Legislative Report #22

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Legislative Report #22 is now online.

Next weeks legislative agenda:

Assembly Codes, Tuesday April 13.

A-5696C, requires employees of dealers in firearms to submit to state and national criminal background checks.

MAIG mayor in big trouble

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White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley is in big trouble over domestic violence allegations against his wife.  Now he’s been rearrested on witness tampering charges after trying to persuade his wife to recant her accusations and say she is mentally ill and lied to police.

One City Councilman has suggested he step down from office.  Haven’t heard a thing from Mayor Mike, though.  Bradly joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns after taking office last year.  If convicted Bradly will join a growing list of other MAIG supporters convicted of assault, corruption, theft, child molestation and more.