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FYI: It’s Now Illegal to “Lock and Load While Loaded”
A funny exchange recounted by Liz Benjamin:
Reporters covering Mayor Bloomberg’s press conference this morning on a new bill that would make it a crime to carry guns while drunk, were stunned when Sen. Jeff Klein, the bill’s sponsor, said it wouldn’t apply to firing ranges or hunting grounds, the DN’s Erin Einhorn reports.
The following exchange ensued:
(Josh Robin, NY1): “You can be drunk under this legislation in a firing range, with a gun?!
(Klein): “Yeah.”
Tagged bloomberg, guns, legislation
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Someone Else Hits the Phones!
It’s always fun to see other groups hit the phones for a legislative initiative.
While it is kind of old-fashioned, blitzing the phone lines is a tried-and-true strategy for making sure legislative staffers know that you’re out there and you care on a given subject.
But it’s not just huge civil rights issues (*cough* New Yorkers for Marriage Equality *cough*) or (in the case of The Right) guns and abortion that get the phone line treatment. Sometimes… Read More
Tagged legislation, ny senate, yoga
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Ethics Reform? Ethics Reform!
At 3:14 this morning, Gotham Gazzette’s David King wrote:
There is talk around the capitol that an ethics agreement could be announced this week. It may be a long shot as most legislators have returned to their districts tonight but it is Albany and anything can happen. The official line as of this evening remained “talks are ongoing.”
AND LO! The sun rose this morning on a new ethics deal being promoted by Republicans in the… Read More
Tagged assembly, bipartisanship, ethics, legislation, ny senate
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