Gov.Cuomo and Billy boy had much in common

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Anti-Gun Gov. Cuomo calls for banishment of pro-gun opposition

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/26/ch...#ixzz2xBWtwkT3

In 1998, as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Clinton administration, Cuomo’s radical push to have the federal government support frivolous lawsuits against the gun industry faced resistance even from within the decidedly anti-gun White House. One White House insider opined that the scheme “smells like Cuomo” and that the Justice Department wouldn’t want to pursue the case. “How can you blame gun manufacturers for illegal weapons brought into public housing by tenants and non-tenants,” he asked. “Where is the conspiracy?”

Other gun control supporters agreed. In a Dec. 17, 1999, editorial, the Washington Post described the Cuomo supported lawsuits as “disquieting even for those who, like us, strongly support rigorous controls on handguns.” The piece went on to explain it “seems wrong for an agency of the federal government to organize other plaintiffs to put pressure on an industry… to achieve policy results the administration has not been able to achieve through normal legislation or regulation.”

Congress itself implicitly condemned Cuomo’s tactics by passing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005, which effectively barred these sorts of suits against gun manufacturers.

Even before Cuomo’s latest outburst, on May 21, 2013, the Albany Times Union reported that a source told them Cuomo “threatened to remove sheriffs from office” if the law enforcement officials did not keep quiet about their opposition to the SAFE Act. This is consistent with Cuomo’s attempt in 2000 to bully gun makers into signing an agreement supporting several gun control proposals by threatening to exert his influence as HUD secretary to sway municipal law enforcement contracts.

Most tellingly, the so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines banned by Cuomo’s “SAFE” Act are among the most popular, fastest-selling arms in the United States. Law-abiding Americans are expressing their disagreement with him with their hard-earned dollars.

[BorderBob]

Most tellingly, the so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines banned by Cuomo’s “SAFE” Act are among the most popular, fastest-selling arms in the United States. Law-abiding Americans are expressing their disagreement with him with their hard-earned dollars.

Its more like when Johnny Cash died...suddenly everyone wanted his records.



b.b.

[Save Us]

Somebody should ask Cuomo why we shouldn't judge all muslims because of the act of a few lunatics, yet we should judge all gun owners based on the acts of a few lunatics.

What do you say to that Mario Jr.?

[BorderBob]

What would YOU do without the internet.



b.b.

[NY The Vampire State]

What would YOU do without the internet.

His approach seems very reasonable. Why not address it?

[WNYresident]

Somebody should ask Cuomo why we shouldn't judge all muslims because of the act of a few lunatics, yet we should judge all gun owners based on the acts of a few lunatics.

What do you say to that Mario Jr.?

Has he said that?

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Yet when Pres. Clinton was in office his administration approved a deal to manipulate trade with China - he lifted the embargo that had held up ships loaded with AK 47's - by doing so - President Clinton authorized the largest number of Chinese AK 47's to be imported into the US. Average whole price at that time was $37.00 per rifle.

So while sitting with Cuomo - Bill Clinton fiddled in the White House !