{"id":8257,"date":"2013-04-28T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8257"},"modified":"2013-04-28T11:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T15:39:59","slug":"admitting-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8257","title":{"rendered":"Admitting it"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting admission<\/a> from the Cuomo administration<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Cuomo administration officials strongly objected to the premise that the governor\u2019s drop in upstate polls has anything to do with issues beyond gun control. \u00a0And the notion that he is focusing on left-leaning issues is driven by the media, they insist. \u00a0The Cuomo officials noted all polls showed a similar finding: His upstate numbers began going down in January after the gun bill\u2019s passage. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s all guns,\u201d a Cuomo official said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the most blunt acknowledgement I’ve seen from his camp as to the political damage SAFE has done to Cuomo. \u00a0The next two questions from the media should be:<\/p>\n

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  1. Does this negative fallout hurt Cuomo’s rumored presidential aspirations?<\/li>\n
  2. Did this negativity have anything do with the failure of the Senate to pass gun control<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    “…\u00a0One state lawmaker in a Republican region said constituents rarely had anything bad to say about Cuomo the first couple years. \u00a0They forgave him on the gay marriage issue, said the lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity. \u00a0But the gun control law unleashed negative feelings about Cuomo at every constituent event the lawmaker is attending these days. \u00a0And the complaints center around a feeling that Cuomo needs to return to what he said would be his administration\u2019s focus: jobs, jobs, jobs …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    This is true. \u00a0Gay marriage just wasn’t that big of a deal to people regardless of their personal opinions on the issue. \u00a0Guns, however, are a big deal to an activist segment of the population that most certainly is not confined to upstate, something that the NYC media refuses to acknowledge in spite of the outrage the Journal News<\/a> created with their map of pistol license holders<\/a> and the resulting boycott which I understand cost the paper a third of their subscribers.<\/p>\n

    Probably the most insulting thing is that Cuomo absolutely<\/span>, positively<\/span>\u00a0will not acknowledge guns for self-defense<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    “…\u00a0The SAFE Act is designed to keep military-style assault weapons that have the potential to cause the greatest harm out of our communities while still respecting New York’s long tradition of hunting and sport shooting …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    He is not helping himself saying things like this.<\/p>\n