{"id":4140,"date":"2011-06-10T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2011-06-10T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T14:00:06","slug":"microstamping-pointcounterpoint-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4140","title":{"rendered":"Microstamping point\/counterpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

An op-ed by Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> and AG Eric Schneiderman<\/a> appears in todays Daily News, “Microstamping saves lives: Senate must resist gun lobby and pass crime-fighting bill<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… This should be an easy vote. \u00a0Instead, however, lobbyists for the gun industry work the halls of Albany, making specious arguments driven more by a kneejerk opposition to any gun-related legislation rather than by their desire to protect legal gun ownership …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If it is such an easy vote then why did Shelly<\/a> have so much trouble getting it to the floor in the Assembly<\/a>? \u00a0He’s been losing votes every time it comes up. \u00a0He had to strong arm his caucus this time to get 77 Yeas and didn’t even hold the NYC Democrats together.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile on the other end of the state, the Niagara Co. Legislature<\/a> went on the record opposing microstamping.<\/p>\n

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Bloomberg is just upset that he hasn’t been able to B.S. and bully his way through the legislature on his pet issue.<\/p>\n