So Much For “Desperately Needed”: Gun Control Laws Sit On Cuomo’s Desk Months After Passage

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Tom Precious of the Buffalo News has written a pretty scathing takedown of the shameful politicking that takes place any time the New York legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo start stumping for gun control. As it turns out, bills that were deemed as vitally important and desperately needed are still waiting for Cuomo’s signature months after lawmakers approved the bills and sent them on to the governor for his signature.

It was a dire month for mass shootings around the nation, so Democrats in the Assembly and Senate moved swiftly to crack down on devices that make guns unload rounds more quickly, add new background check restrictions, block teachers and others from carrying guns on school grounds and create a new statewide gun buyback program for municipalities.

Six months later, however, the four measures have yet to be acted on by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose administration on Jan. 29 signaled he supported all of the bills.

Had they been signed into law six months ago, two of the measures would have become law immediately, two others would take effect this coming Sunday.

Strangely, it appears the laws suddenly became less important when anti-gun lawmakers couldn’t get any more …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms