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Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Troll - You've forgotten that the Newtown shootings were a government plot to further the liberal agenda of disarming America (all except the criminals) to facilitate the seizure of power by a Muslim-socialist -UN cabal.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012…
Re: “Week Ahead: Prop 8 and DOMA Supreme Court hearings, RCSD budget, city budget forum, keeping an eye on pawn shops”
"When it meets Monday afternoon, the Monroe County Legislature’s Agenda/Charter Committee will take up legislation regarding pawn shops and some secondhand stores. The legislation was introduced by Republican Carmen Gumina of Webster, and would require dealers to hold any secondhand merchandise “coming into their business” for 14 days, says Gumina’s letter introducing the legislation."
Is this the same GOP who's spent decades whining that regulations are destroying the small business man? I'm shocked !
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Comparing sensible gun laws to the East German Stasi . . . conspiracy theories all over the place . . . gratuitous shots at Joe Biden (right, what self-respecting Vice President has yet to shoot someone in the face?) . . . gratuitous dragging in soda into this thread . . . pretending the Second Amendment gives people unlimited access to weapons (note that machine guns, somehow, are still illegal); top off with not one word spoken of the Newtown massacre . . .
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Troll: I don't think Obama's picture of him 'doing skeet shooting' was necessarily photoshopped. At least he's got the barrel pointed in the right direction. But yes, I think Cuomo and Obama are political opportunists. Now I hear Mayor 'Nanny' Bloomberg is taking note of Cuomo's backtracking on his new gun law. Bloomberg will allow the sale of 32-ounce cups but you can only put 16 ounces of soda in them.
Re: “Few layoffs in RCSD budget for next year”
I really do not understand the general lack of precise information in this article. For example, the new budget will be $728M. How does that compare to the current year budget? If te figures I found online are accurate, it is up 3%. And the student population is dropping again. Again, the information I fund indicates a 3% student decline, so the per capita costs are going up 6%. Is it too much to expect reporters to provide simple information, or are reporters expected to simply function as PR representatives?
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Don't take any advice on guns from Dick Cheney. That wily Andrew Cuomo, just waiting for 20 children and six teachers to be murdered in under ten minutes. What luck. Truth is, Bart, most gun owners are appalled by the behavior of the NRA-types. That's where the tipping point has finally been reached. Do you actually think like Obama had pictures of him shooting skeet photoshopped or something?
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
MJN. I don't contend that it's a conspiracy. It's just part of Cuomo's overall political plan. You said yourself he's a politician, and he's following the liberal agenda on gun control, competing with Obama and other like-minded governors to see how far he can go to limit the 2nd amendment. Cuomo's advantage is that he has a liberal legislature full of toadies that jump whenever he tells them to. It's comical how little they know about firearms, and it's embarrassing (for them) to see how many mistakes they made in their haste to cram Cuomo's legislation through. I laugh at Cuomo when he says "I have a gun" as if to imply he's a supporter of gun rights. Right. Just like Obama saying "I do skeet shooting all the time". And don't take any advice on guns from Joe Biden!
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Bart - Sorry, but I still don't see the Cuomo Conspiracy. Andy is a politician, first, last and always. And so far I think we can all agree that he's been pretty savvy in taking positions that the public in general supports. So unless one believes that he's part of some sinister Hitlerian plot to deprive New Yorkers of their guns for reasons unknown, I think it's safe (so to speak) to assume that he believes that his SAFE Act is what the majority of voters , both in the state and nationally, want. He may be wrong (and hence not as good a politician as I think). Only time and the next election will tell.
However, I can't disagree that he has handled the matter badly and pushed the legislation through with unseemly haste (but with the cooperation of the GOP). And I have every expectation that some sections will be found by the courts to be unacceptable constitutional infringments and possibly the process itself to have been a violation of state law. But at the end of the day it's the voters who will have the final say on what he accomplished and how he accomplished it.
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
MUN:
You wrote "Bart - Actually, this program you're so concerned about was rolled out about a year ago. Must be Cuomo was conspiring to take away your Second Amendment rights even then !"
Yes, I believe Cuomo had been working on his gun control law since he took office, just waiting for the opportunity (excuse) to implement it. The snitch component was rolled out ahead of his gun law, part of the plan to enforce it.
Re: “Some useful gun-death statistics”
We are to have sufficient arms of common use. .223/5.56 is the most common rifle in use. It is not a "machine gun" nor fully automatic. It is SEMI-automatic. Our founding fathers would use modern muskets and keep the militarization of police/gov't/DHS balanced by We the People.
http://www.assaultweapon.info/
This is about control and the gradual loss of liberties while those in our entitlement society beg for government to keep them safe rather than to protect the *rights* of the people with *small* gov't as stated in the Dec. of Indep.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have."
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
No-one has issues with criminals being taken off the street and kept off the street...but turning neighbor against neighbor is an old tactic used for control.
Check this out, this is what is happening:
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-s…
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
52 of 62 counties have either passed or have pending resolutions opposing the UN"safe" act. The message of necessity did not match the intent. There was no public input. It was rushed through hours after being printed without being read with many admitted mistakes. It admends many different laws by repealing the original then added in a hasty new law. There was no public input into something dealing with a constitutional issue. What is this had been an abortion law to "save lives?" As Cuomo spoke in Rochester, pushing for the first state to be in the lead, Obama began his speech at the same time. Obviously politics for a 2016 bid for President. Why 7 rounds? They didn't think 5 would pass. Nevermind the 10 round law already in effect or DEC hunting regs lower than 10 rounds. No-one makes 7 round mags. Ridiculous. There was nothing to go after criminals, only law-abiding citizens. What effect did the last "assault weapons" ban have? None per DOJ. Less than 2% of crimes involve rifles of any type. .222/5.56 powerful? Ha, I wouldn't use it on a deer but the wife sure would be accurate with low recoil! On and on...their ultimate goal is to get rid of private ownership of firearms per many gun-grabbers own words. One more step for control. Holder is on record in the 90's stating it was possible to "brainwash" people into believing guns are bad within decades. He then denies an equal arm of gov't...Congress, their duty to investigate Fast and Furious, with hundreds dead from the US gov't, stating it is their executive privilege. Guess what else...Mexico does not have private owernship of firearms. There is only 1 gun shop...the gov't, yet criminals/military run rampant. This is about control and changing attitudes of the masses to disarm them. Thomas Jefferson said the beauty of the 2nd Admend is that "they won't know they need it until it is too late." Do you really wan't those who wrote Medicare Part B and the 2,000 page Obamacare, now stretched to over 20,000+ pages, rewritting your 4 page Constitution? The purpose of the gov't, as stated in the Dec. of Independence, is to protect the *rights* of the people with *small* gov't. They then went on to spell out our unalienable rights in the Bill of Rights. We are to have sufficient arms of common use (modern muskets = most popular black rifle). "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neirther Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Frankin
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Bart - Actually, this program you're so concerned about was rolled out about a year ago. Must be Cuomo was conspiring to take away your Second Amendment rights even then !
And as to that nasty snitching...
Since 2001 Palm Beach, FL has been paying a $100 bounty for reporting a drunk driver who is subsequently arrested and convicted.
Crime Stoppers has been paying out cash for years to citizens who report verified criminal activity.
Many police departments and civic organizations have offered rewards over the years for information leading to conviction of specific crimes.
But NY"s reward program for detecting and arresting firearm criminals, the very people the so-called law-abiding gun owners are always complaining about, is suddenly a police state tactic.
Go figure.
Re: “Lawsuit challenges state gun control laws”
Now it comes to light that Cuomo's plan for enforcing his new gun law is a snitch-based system. Prior to his new gun law he had implemented a program that if you turn in a suspected owner of of an illegal gun you could get a reward of $500. Presumably meant to address the problem of illegal handguns in urban areas, it was tailor-made to help track down all the owners of firearms that magically became illegal (along with their owners) with the passage of Cuomo's gun law. So much for trusting an honor system where law-biding gun owners had to register or dispose of guns that the state banned (like only putting 7 rounds in a 10 round magazine). This is reminiscent of the former East German Stasi police state. Nothing has been said of potential misuse of the snitch law; what protections a falsely-accused individual has, whether search warrants are needed to investigate claims or if records of the accused could be made public. I smell legal challenges coming - and rightly so.
Re: “[UPDATED] Lovely Warren will run for mayor”
I support neither candidate.
Re: “[UPDATED] Lovely Warren will run for mayor”
Somebody call the television networks ! This contest has all the makings of a hit reality show.
Watch each week as two equally inept and equally unqualified candidates, one a white male, the other a black female, pander to the electorate and bloviate about their plans for rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship as they race to see who will be the next captain !
Re: “[UPDATED] Lovely Warren will run for mayor”
From this morning's D&C " Asked about marriage equality, Richards said he was in favor before New York made it law, calling it a civil rights and personal issue. Warren responded: "as an attorney, i support the state's laws. . . Since that is the law the state passed, I support it." Wow. It is nice to know that under the force of law, Ms. Warren sort-of tolerates gay people. Her quite vague and political answer is incredibly revealing. If their positions were reversed, this would be a City newspaper headline! The LBGTA community (and particularly LBGTA youth) deserves a mayor who gets that this is an issue of human rights and supports marriage equality with full throat as Richards did on the steps of city hall BEFORE it became law.
Re: “RCSD teachers say discipline is still a serious problem”
@Insatiable Dragon
Yes, I do do some comments during the school day. However, it's only when I have the time available. I do my planning weeks in advance, I keep up on grading as best I can, and I also have the ability to quickly and cogently organize my thoughts and get them into the computer.
However, if you were to look at my "participation" in these comment streams, you'll notice that I have only been making significant comments recently. That's in part because the discipline issues and other stresses this school year kept me busy. The students' behaviors haven't gotten better, but I've gotten better at managing them. Contractually we get "planning periods," so, if I'm planned days or weeks in advance, I have the time, when everything else is going according to plan. Also, during the school day students are supposed to be in their classes. After the school day, I get students, meetings and other events that keep me busy.
Also, this year my school starts late, thus giving me some time in the morning to participate during a time when other schools are already in session.
I know what you were insinuating and I don't resent it, but it is telling that you even decided to make the observation in the first place.
Re: “[UPDATED] Lovely Warren will run for mayor”
One must note that in the last two democratic mayoral primaries the designated candidate did not win the election. So in my mind it would be better for Warren to not get designated. Remember, Richards won during a special election where every party could vote. Not the case here. It is definitely going to be a interesting year in Smugtown!
Re: “Few layoffs in RCSD budget for next year”
Mike, you bring up an important and timely point. Our reporter received the press release from the school district on Sunday night, containing the information in the above blog post. Now, do we post that, knowing full well it's incomplete and also knowing that we'll do a much more substantial story soon after? Or do we sit on it, knowing that all the other local media have also received it and are likely to go with it immediately? That conversation is one we have almost daily in our newsroom. Thanks for your feedback. Chris Fien, City news editor