Microstamping advanced to 3rd Report.
Second wave
Microstamping to 2nd Report
The microstamping bill has advanced to 2nd Report in the Senate. Eric Schneiderman thinks he has the votes because the Republicans cannot keep their conference together, especially Frank Padavan and Tom Morahan who is retiring.
NRANews on microstamping
Tom was on The Daily News with Ginny Simone this afternoon talking about the microstamping bill.
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Microstamping bill out of Codes
The microstamping bill S-6005A has been passed out of Senate Codes Committee and been sent to the floor to be voted on “at the call of the Majority Leader.”
Microstamping blitz
NRA is doing robocalls to members about microstamping being on the Senate Codes agenda for tomorrow. I got one over the weekend.
NSSF is running radio ads “on stations in targeted upstate New York districts“, presumably in Buffalo, Syracuse and Watertown, urging people to contact their Senators.
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Legislative Report #26
Legislative Report #26 and New York City Legislative Report #1 are now online.
McCarthy endorses Rice
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.
Microstamping on Senate agenda
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.
Republicans pick Donovan
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.