Former Suffolk Co. Legislative Leader:
Should Congress BAN AR-15s?
YES YES YES
👇 👇 👇— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) November 10, 2021
Public funding for gun control
Gun control advocates continue to feed off the public trough.
The NYAGV Education Fund received $5000 from the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services for an “Anti-Gun Violence program,” contract # T103772, period 9/1/21 – 8/31/22.
They also received two grants of $55,000 and $65,000 from the Crisis Management System in the FY2022 New York City budget, “This allocation supports the Crisis Management System, which is a composition of programs centered in neighborhoods with high frequencies of shooting incidents. Interventions include cure violence, employment readiness, legal services, school based conflict mediation, and community center programming.”
Legislative response to SCOTUS
Newsbits
Saturday’s Newsbits:
Armed Citizen:
Jurisprudence:
- The Second Amendment Is for Everybody
- Why the Gun Rights Case Before the Supreme Court Matters So Much
- Statement from Governor Kathy Hochul on U.S. Supreme Court Review of New York’s Gun Safety Law
- Attorney General James Defends New York State’s Gun Licensing Protection Law at Supreme Court
- Episcopal leaders warn concealed guns ruling could threaten safety of churches, other ‘sensitive places’
- STATEMENT: In NYSRPA v. Bruen, the Supreme Court Must Reject the NRA’s Dangerous Attempts To End Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures
- Supreme Court appears skeptical of New York’s restrictive gun-control law
- What Happens if the Supreme Court Strikes Down New York’s Gun Law?
- Supreme Court Arguments in New York Gun Case Signal Uphill Battle to Defend Overly Restrictive Laws
- High Court Gun Rights Case Ignores Key Case Law Problem
Politics:
Local antigunners lose
A couple of local antigun incumbents went down on Tuesday: Nassau County Legislator Laura Burns in District 6 and Westchester County Legislator Ruth Walter in District 15. Walter floated the idea of warning labels/signs at gun stores recently.
Also, Moms endorsed candidate for NYC Council Felicia Singh went down in District 32.
Newsbits
Monday’s Newsbits:
Jurisprudence:
- Supreme Court revisits Second Amendment with challenge to New York concealed-gun restrictions
- Justices barreling into gun rights standoff have little precedent to guide them
- The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in major cases on abortion and guns. Here’s what to know
- Black attorneys blast NY gun laws, they ‘criminalize gun ownership by racial and ethnic minorities’
- NRA draws court’s resistance in appeal over New York gun store closures
Legislation:
- NY Gov Hochul signs legislation to combat gun violence
- Hochul signs bills addressing ‘ghost’ and ‘toy’ firearms
- Nation’s Toughest Restrictions on Ghost Guns Signed Into Law by Governor Kathy Hochul
- Hochul signs gun control package addressing hard-to-trace guns
- Comments by Senator Brad Hoylman on Signing of The Jose Webster Untraceable Firearms Act
Politics:
James announces gubernatorial run
Bill would ban ammunition on movie sets
Hochul signs gun control bills
Hochul bill signing today
At 2:00 pm today Governor Kathy Hochul and Assemblyman Charles Lavine will join for a bill signing of the Scott J. Beigel Unfinished Receiver Act at the Yes We Can Community Center, 141 Garden St., Westbury.
At 3:00 pm Lavine will participate in the Everytown for Gun Safety webinar on the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds to support community violence intervention programs. View here.