Business owner takes out 4 thugs

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Armed Citizen in Harlem via the New York Times:

“A 72-year-old Harlem business owner used a shotgun to blast four men who tried to rob his restaurant-supply business Thursday afternoon, killing two and sending two others to the hospital with gunshot wounds … The police said that the four would-be robbers entered the business and announced that they were robbing it. One of them took out a Glock 9-mm pistol and started to pistol-whip a 33-year-old employee inside the store. The owner then took out a shotgun and opened fire, striking the four men … The police said they did not believe the shotgun — a Winchester 12-gauge pump shotgun with a pistol grip handle — had been registered, as city law requires. The police also recovered the pistol used by the would-be robber. Calls about the shooting began coming in at 3:09 p.m. One man died at the scene and a second, who was taken to at St. Luke’s Hospital at 3:22 p.m., later died of his injuries. A third man injured in the shooting walked into St. Luke’s — which is about 12 blocks to the south of the business, in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan — with gunshot injuries. The fourth man was found nearby with gunshot wounds, the police said …”

NY1 has additional video coverage of this story.

Antis out and about

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New Yorkers Against Gun Violence was at Astoria Park during National Night Out Against Crime last week handing out “literature on keeping Astoria safe.”  They also painted a mural in Crown Heights with Karim Camara.

Eric Schneiderman held a town hall meeting last week to talk about  many issues including “gun control (one of his favorite subjects).“

Getting to know David Yassky

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David Yassky’s latest campaign commerical:

“… I worked with Chuck Schumer to pass the Brady Law and the assault weapons ban …”

Microstamping FAIL

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The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that California’s microstamping law has problems and might not kick in as planned on January 1, 2010.

No problem for New York, though.  The current version A-6468B/S-6005 would go into effect January 1, 2011 no matter what.

Bloomberg’s anti-NRA effort

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According to the Boston Globe, Mayor Mike wants to raise money for an anti-NRA effort:

“… “You know, the NRA doesn’t spend that much money,’’ said Bloomberg during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press’’ program yesterday. “If you want to beat the NRA you have to go out and get your message out, and it costs money to do that.’’ … Bloomberg has already contributed about $2.9 million to “Mayors Against Illegal Guns.’’ …”

This true.  Relative to other special interests, the NRA doesn’t spend much money.  Their power comes from the fact that the public agrees with them.  I have a media brochure from ATI News and Zogby I picked up  at the ’08 annual meeting which says that polls show 10-15% of voters consider themselves NRA members, not just people who listen to their message.  That translates into 20-30 million voters think they’re NRA members.  This is what Bloomberg and the other antis simply cannot understand.

As for the money, the last story I saw put Bloomberg’s net worth in excess of $16 billion.  His $2.9 million to MAIG is pocket change.  If he really thinks he can beat the NRA then let him put up $1 billion of his own money.  He can afford it.  Heck, I don’t think he’d even miss it.

They will be back

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As expected, the Senate did not take up any gun bills yesterday.  They might come back next month for another special session to deal with more budget issues.

News of the day

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Tom Libous has been telling people the Senate will not be taking up any gun bills during today’s special session.  I’ve seen several copies of a letter his office is sending around.

Doug Hoffman wants to be the Conservative Party nominee to run in the CD-23 special election.  His campaign website says he supports the 2A.

Members of the Dewitt Fish & Game Club won a team championship trophy last weekend in the state AIM Youth Championship.

There’s a new website for shotgunners, Sporting Clays New York.

Charles Schumer, Majority Leader

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Just what the country needs, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer:

“… “I think he’s the future majority leader,” said Representative Eliot Engel of New York, in response to a general question about Mr. Schumer’s influence. “I do.” …”