Dick Morris said something on Fox News last week that I think could be important to gun control legislation in Congress. He said that the Democrats know they’re going to get spanked by the voters in November one way or another over Obamacare, so they’re going to vote for it anyway and make history. Which they did.
With their fate pretty much sealed, it occurs to me that the Democrats may decide again to go for history and push a broad gun control agenda in Congress. They now have nothing to lose.
Rick Lazio is pissed that Steve Levy switched parties and will try for the GOP nomination for Governor. The Conservatives are sticking with Lazio for now. If Lazio had a solid base of support, which he doesn’t, he would have locked up both nominations a long time ago.
Levy met with local Tea Party people. I know one local activist who queried Levy specifically on gun issues. He was later e-mailed an excerpt from an old SAFE newsletter from ’06 regarding Levy’s support of keeping the Suffolk Trap & Skeet Range open.
“… Tea Party leaders met with Levy last week. Some walked out. Others expressed disappointment over his dodging of issues. His failure to articulate support of Second Amendment rights also will doom him with Conservatives statewide and most of upstate New York north of White Plains …”
Yet another GOP contender has surfaced: Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino who is being backed by moneybags Tom Golisano. He articulates support for the RKBA in this video message at 0:20:
According to PolitickerNY, if Paladino doesn’t get CP backing he will create a Tea Party ballot line.
“… When asked if he was socially conservative, Levy said, “I’m pretty much a moderate on the social issues. I’m pro-choice. Against partial-birth abortion. With guns, I believe people should be able to protect their family with a gun … but it’s very reasonable to have a waiting period, a background check.” …”
This tells us pretty much nothing, but it’s still better than Little Ricky.
On guns, during his tenure in the Assembly he earned an F. He improved slightly as CE where he was supportive of keeping the Suffolk Trap & Skeet range open. This makes him somewhat better than Little Ricky who made it clear he thinks we need to adopt the new antigun laws the Democrats have been pushing in Albany.
“The Herkimer County Legislature, hoping to protect its interests on a range of issues, passed several resolutions Wednesday in opposition of state legislation. Legislators by a 13-0 margin voted to urge state lawmakers to take action on initiatives related to everything from silencers on sniper rifles to audits on Medicaid … Urging the state legislature to oppose the passage of 2010 gun control laws: The state legislature is planning passage of gun control laws that, in addition to placing new restrictions on sale of firearms, could impact gun manufacturers, according to the resolution. Chairman Raymond Smith, R-Dolgeville, said the proposed bills would also outlaw manufacturing of firearm “suppressers,” or silencers, in New York state. And this restriction could harm the Remington Arms plant in Ilion, he added. Remington Arms, which is one of the largest employers in Herkimer County, is involved in manufacturing firearms for the U.S. military. The plant, among other projects, is competitive for contracts to produce sniper rifles, and the inability to manufacture silencers for the rifles could cause problems, county officials said …”