{"id":9138,"date":"2013-10-06T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2013-10-06T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:37:56","slug":"follow-the-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9138","title":{"rendered":"Follow the leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times has a good article<\/a> on the decision Gov. Brown has to make:<\/p>\n

“A stack of a dozen of the strictest gun control bills<\/a> in American history now sit on Governor Jerry Brown\u2019s<\/a> desk in California, awaiting their fate … Fair warning to Jerry Brown: if he throws his weight behind this extreme gun control, there is no doubt in my mind he suffer the same fate as two other popular Democrat governors in similar blue states. \u00a0In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s<\/a> approval ratings fell 15 points after he signed gun bills into law this year … In Colorado, another Democrat Governor John Hickenlooper<\/a> has seen his approval ratings plummet 16 points since the day he signed that state\u2019s gun laws. \u00a0Not only have they impacted the Governor\u2019s popularity, but Colorado\u2019s gun bills were the catalyst behind the State\u2019s recent historic Recall elections<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is true. \u00a0What the author left out, but should have included, is the fallout Gov.\u00a0Christie<\/a> has experienced since vetoing a bunch of crap<\/a> in New Jersey. \u00a0As far as I can tell it’s been bupkis.<\/p>\n

In spite of this, I believe Brown will sign the majority of the bills. \u00a0Unlike Cuomo, Brown seems to have gotten the hint he is not Presidential material so he does not have much to lose by going along with the legislature.<\/p>\n