Posted on 01/08/2013 3:21:27 PM PST by library user
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A deal to give New York one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation is being negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, sources said Tuesday, is hoping to announce the plan Wednesday during his State of the State speech in Albany.
Cuomo hopes to jump-start the 2013 legislative session with a big deal that could dramatically alter gun control laws across the state.
Highly placed sources told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer that Cuomo is negotiating with Assembly and Senate leaders for a package of gun control laws that would be a dramatic response to the gun violence besetting the nation, including the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
“It’s a very divisive topic,” Cuomo said on Wednesday. “There’s a lot of energy on both sides. Some people are vehemently against’ some people think we’re out of our minds for not passing it.”
Sources told Kramer the governor and lawmakers are negotiating furiously in the hope that Cuomo can announce a deal during his speech Thursday.
Sources said the package is expected to include:
* New restrictions on assault weapons
* Stiffer penalties for using a gun to commit a crime
* New limits on the number of bullets in a gun magazine
“Gun control is highly political, politically contentious situation. It is polarizing,” Cuomo said.
In Westchester County, where Mamaroneck’s Hommocks Middle School was under lockdown last week amid reports a gunman tried to enter the school, the need for gun control is on the minds of many.
“There’s just too many incidents that are happening that you think could be avoided if there were stronger regulations about it,” one mother from Larchmont said, adding when asked if her children’s safety is her motivation, “Absolutely, I mean you can’t even send them to school now. Now my kids have police in front of their school. I mean you wonder how far it’s going to go.”
“I think it’s necessary with everything that’s happening,” Mamaroneck resident Gail Nubile added. “With the recent things that have been going on it does make you think that things to be happening, so you have to be extra cautious.”
Cuomo’s move comes as Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Gun Violence released a new commercial to push for federal action. It features the mother of Christina Taylor-Green, who was killed two years ago Tuesday in the Tucson, Ariz., massacre.
“How many more children must die before Washington does something to end our gun violence problem?” the ad says.
It would be quite a coup for Cuomo, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, to show progress on gun control while Washington dithers.
Sasha and Malia get that kind of protection every day. Stop complaining, beeeyotch.
Once you start parsing gun rights, you’ve defined the need for the second amendment.
Duomo and his co-conspirators have legions of armed guards.
Wake up, America.
None of those “sweeping” new restrictions will do anything to stop the next mass shooting. Then the liberals/dems will say just a few more restrictions (which won’t attack the problem) are necessary to stop the violence
and on
and on
and on
Saskatchewan and Malaysia get that kind of protection every day? Plus the school also has 10-11 armed guards, doesn’t it?
Not surpised when you can get arrested in NYC just for carrying a small pocket knife.
We can expect to see regulatory creep much like the anti-smoking lobby used so successfully. Remember when they just wanted their own section in restaurants?
Yep, being known gun grabber is the ticket.
“Now my kids have police in front of their school. I mean you wonder how far it’s going to go,” one mother from Larchmont said.
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So lady, if they pass Cuomo’s agenda you will feel your kids are safer and the armed security at their school will no longer be needed? Are you nuts?
This whole thing is a mental health issue and not a firearms issue. Keep the crazies off the street and your kids will be safer. Keep the crazies on the street and disarm the citizens and we are all in trouble.
Unless it includes enforcement against criminals who have guns, it is only an assault on innocent gun owners.
When Newtown happened..the left couldn’t contain their glee..they could give a rats ass about dead children..this is their opportunity to do what they have always wanted to do..destroy the 2nd Amendment, its what they have always wanted to do..they are taking the page right out of Hitler’s playbook, the only way to control a nation is to disarm it’s citizens
Cuomo hopes to jump-start the 2013 legislative session with a big deal that could dramatically alter gun control laws across the state.
This jackball is going to run for President, Hitlery is not...her age and health will not allow it.
Cuomo will try to do what his daddy couldn't do...and the press, instead of poking fun at him like they did to Dubya, will hail him for coming from a "Legendary Dynasty".
Beware of Cuomo. He wants to kill your liberty almost as much as Obama.
Gail Nubile added. “With the recent things that have been going on it does make you think that things to be happening, so you have to be extra cautious.”
I never learned bimbospeak. Anyone know what she’s
saying?
He needs to be imprisoned. In Sicily.
Never let a good crisis go to waste, right......
The Second Amendment is for chumps, I guess. Who the f*** needs to obey the Constitution, right Cuomo?
I say we hang signs along highways entering NY State that say “Hey Criminals! Welcome! It’s now OPEN SEASON!”
Hey, you stupid bitch.....how many more will die when you disarm the populace? What do you do with what passes for a brain......take it out and play with it, for God's sake?
Gee Cuomo, let us know how it turns out for ya.
The comments under the article are encouraging. Especially if they’re coming from New Yawkers.
Every bit as vile as his father. I owned guns in NYC. It cost more for the license than the gun, and the bureaucratic hoops one had to jump through were beyond belief. Now he wants to spread the joy around to the rest of the state, huh? When is he up for reelection?
Yep. I'll bet they were popping open the champagne bottles all night. Those little bodies were a liberal gold mine.
What a great crises for them to exploit.
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