New York Governor Andrew Cuomo presides over a state that led the nation in attempting to ratchet up gun control after the Sandy Hook massacre. \u00a0It also includes New York City, where gun crime is surging in the wake of those restrictions (and, to be fair, Bill DeBlasio’s hapless attitude toward law enforcement, which is rapidly undoing the progress of the Giuliani era). \u00a0While the “surge” isn’t close to seventies-era levels (when 2,200 a year were being killed), it’s still shaping up to be much worse than the 300 or so from the Giuliani and Bloomberg eras.<\/p>\n
Anyway – Cuomo’s proposed solution: \u00a0More gun control.<\/p>\n
And to get it, he wants to shut down government to get the GOP to go along:<\/p>\n
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated his call for Democrats to shut down government in order to force Republicans to support gun control.<\/p>\n
Cuomo first issued this demand on September 26 while speaking at the funeral of ex-aide Carey Gabay, who was shot and fatally wounded in one of the numerous shootings surrounding\u00a0the\u00a0Labor Day J\u2019Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0New York Daily News<\/em>\u00a0quoted Cuomo saying:<\/p>\n
If the far right is willing to shut down the government because they don\u2019t get a tax cut for the rich, then our people should have the same resolve and threaten to shut down the government if they don\u2019t get a real gun control law to stop killing of their innocents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Cuomo doubled down on this demand following the heinous October 1 attack on innocents at Umpqua Community College, saying,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d love to see the Democrats stand up and say, \u2018We\u2019re going to shut down the federal government or threaten to shut down the government if we don\u2019t get real gun control legislation,\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Opportunity knocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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