{"id":7961,"date":"2013-04-01T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7961"},"modified":"2013-04-01T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:53:27","slug":"cuomos-paranoia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7961","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo’s paranoia"},"content":{"rendered":"

More evidence from Fred Dicker<\/a> that gunnies are\u00a0getting under Governor Cuomo’s (thin) skin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Utica area Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney<\/a> found \u201cthe paranoia level surprisingly high\u2019\u2019 during a breakfast visit last month to Cuomo at the Governor\u2019s Mansion. \u00a0Tenney, part of a group of Assembly Republicans<\/a> hosted by the governor as budget negotiations were wrapping up, brought along a cap bearing the logo of the Remington Arms Co.<\/a>, the embattled company in her district that is in danger of closing because of Cuomo\u2019s severely restrictive new gun law. \u00a0\u201cShe had another assemblyman take her picture wearing the cap at the entrance to the Mansion, because she planned show it to the workers at Remington,\u2019\u2019 said a witness to the events. \u00a0But once inside the Mansion, Tenney, a lawyer and mother of a 21-year-old Marine, was surrounded by a number of nervous Cuomo aides including Larry Schwartz, the governor\u2019s secretary, who feared she\u2019d defiantly put on the cap during Cuomo\u2019s remarks. \u00a0“Larry put his hand on Claudia\u2019s arm and said, \u2018Are you going to wear that during the breakfast because if you are, we\u2019re going to have to ask you to leave\u2019,\u2019\u2019 said the witness …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Must reiterate what I told the Times<\/a> more than two months ago:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0\u201cThe more people see about this, the angrier they are getting,\u201d said Jacob J. Rieper, the vice president of legislative and political affairs for the Rifle and Pistol Association<\/a> … \u201cThe bottom line is none of these people thought this through, and it\u2019s starting to stink,\u201d Mr. Rieper said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cuomo was all smiles back in January. \u00a0Now he’s looking more and more like a cornered rat.<\/p>\n