Marc Diana’s report on the Fort Drum .50 cal shoot is up at the NRA Blog. Marc was also looking into the possibility of having another .50 shoot in the Binghamton area sometime.
NY law is not arbitrary
Middletown Mayor Marlinda Duncanson is happy the Thune amendment came up short in the Senate. She told MidHudsonNews.com:
“… Duncanson said New York’s gun carry laws include provisions that are not covered by the laws of a number of other states and those standards are “by no means arbitrary calculations, but rather are derived from issues such as population density in parts of the state, our particular crime dynamics, and expert local judgment regarding how to protect our citizens.” …”
That’s true, they’re not arbitrary. The Sullivan Law was designed specifically to allow politicans to deny anyone they deemed undesireable the right to legally carry handguns for self-defense. The Irish and Jewish mobsters running Tammany Hall at the turn of the 20th century did not want to compete with the new immigrant Italian mafiosi so they had their boy State Senator “Big” Tim Sullivan create the current “may issue” system of discretionary pistol licensing. This law has been used by politicans for nearly a century to screw over anyone they didn’t like. In Big Tim’s case, it was the Italians. In Duncanson’s case, it’s ordinary citizens.
News of the day
Newsday reports, “McCarthy: Back surgery deterred me from Senate race .” I call BS on that.
Manhattan District Attorney candidate Richard Aborn declares “A Narrow Victory” on the Thune reciprocity amendment failing 58-39 in the Senate. Incumbent Queens District Attorney Richard Brown called it “a major victory for New Yorkers.” I don’t consider this a failure for gunnies. The issue has been gathering steam for years and this is another positive step forward.
PolitickerNY observers, “The Anti-Gun Schumer Returns.” When did he ever leave?
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After blogging at the R&P website for several years I decided to get my own domain. The format will be the same. News and commentary on gun issues pertaining to New York. Whatever I find interesting.