12:14 pm Aug. 24, 201213
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a statement in response to the shooting outside the Empire State Building this morning, offering thoughts and prayers to the victims, and reiterating the need for legislative action to protect the public from gun violence.
“For those of us in government, and in law enforcement, the news of yet another mass shooting so close on the heels of the massacres at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and in Aurora, Colorado, should make it crystal clear that our current laws have failed to protect the public from gun violence," Schneiderman said in the statement. "We must redouble our efforts to protect public safety so that New Yorkers don’t have to live in fear of the next deadly attack.”
Schneiderman was one of the more aggressive advocates for gun control legislation when he was in the State Senate, including a push to pass microstamping legislation, which would mandate that certain firearms brand discharged rounds with unique identifying information.
That legislation was in the news again this morning, even prior to the shooting, on account of a New York Times article that focused on the legislation's potential impact on Remington Arms, the historic gun manufacturer located in Ilion, New York.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that possibility shouldn't take precedence over safety on in his Friday morning radio show, which took place just before the shooting.
At his press conference after the shooting, the mayor did not specifically mention his efforts against illegal guns, except to say, in closing, "and once again, there's an awful lot of guns out there."
The shooting this morning could increase calls for gun legislation in Albany, where Democrats in the State Senate are pushing a package of legislation to strengthen gun laws, in the face of resistance from Senate Republicans.
In a statement, State Senator Michael Gianaris of Queens, who has sponsored the legislation, said, “My prayers go out for the victims of this morning’s horrific incident caused by yet another act of senseless gun violence. It is long past time to fix our gun laws to prevent future tragedies from occurring. To the victims’ families, stay strong and know our hearts are with you.”
Democrats are hoping to make gun control an issue in some contested races, including against Republican Marty Golden in Brooklyn.
Golden, in turn, has urged the Democratic-held Assembly to pass tougher laws on criminals who use guns.
Maybe they should just make violence of any kind illegal....That will fix the problem for sure. Idiots.
As the Chair of the Public Safety Committee of Manhattan Community Board 12, I will be holding a Public Hearing in support of a resolution for passage of NYS Senate Bill S1427 & S1863 with an emphasis on personal self-defense, education & firearm training for women.
September 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Isabella
515 Audubon Avenue
New York, NY 10040
publicsafety@mancb12.org
In New York State, the police have no duty to provide police protection to any particular individual. The Courts in New York have held that "generally, a municipality may not be held liable for the failure to provide police protection because the duty to provide such protection is owed to the public at large, rather than to any particular individual" (Conde v. City of New York, 24 AD3d 595, 596 [2005]; see Cuffy v. City of New York, 69 NY2d 255, 260 [1987]).
Requiring an applicant to prove that “proper cause” exists for the issuance of a full carry permit when the state has no obligation to protect that individual person only heightens the tension between an individual’s constitutional right to defend themselves and their inability to do so when denied the opportunity to carry a handgun. This tension becomes a constitutional violation when “proper cause” is not interpreted to include selfdefense. In McDonald, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment applies to the States. However, the Court also discussed the right to self-defense.
Bill S1427 PURPOSE: This proposed constitutional amendment would provide within the New York State Constitution for a right of the people to keep and bear arms for traditionally recognized purposes
Bill S1863 PURPOSE: This legislation would remove a gun licensing officer's ability to deny or restrict the issuance of licenses to law abiding citizens who have successfully undergone the state's strict application process and appropriate New York State and Federal Bureau of Investigations fingerprint background check required under law. In addition, this bill will conform New York State law to current ATF requirements regarding background checks for firearms transfers.
If you live in New York State feel free to take a look at the information that I will be presenting as well as sign my on-line petition included at the link below. I hope that you will come out and support me as I support you. Fraternally.
http://cavalierknight.com/documents.html
NYC - toughest gun laws in the country! microstamping? Is there a question which gun fired the rounds? Magazine size limit? Seems like the guy fired 7 rounds. The police fired twice that, however.
More gun laws wouldn't have prevented this. The guy had a mission and a specific victim in mind, and he would have killed his ex boss even without a gun.
Sickening the way Schneiderman will use any event to trounce the 2nd Amendment.
i call for more training of the nypd the wake of shooting 9 innocent bystanders.
I thought guns and murder were already illegal in NYC?
The suspect broke the law, bringing the gun into the city. A gun he bought decades before, then killed his boss.
The NYPD shot everyone else.
Are you sure you're from NYC? You make too much sense on the firearm's issue. As an addendum, legislation that would prohibit plea bargaining in illegal firearm possession and use. Keep some of these criminal mutts in jail and you'll reduce all crimes. The legislators from the rotten apple are bound and determined to make the United States of NY. NYC's gun laws mirrored throughout the country. NYC legislators and their fearless leader Mayor Blusterberg need to read the original intent of the framers of the Constitution.
Good Luck, very soon you'll know how salmon feel, you're swimming upstream against a strong political current.
Is Schneiderman thinking about disarming NYPD? That 'active shooter' only shot one person. All the others were shot by New York's Finest. Disarm NYPD? Yeah, I could get behind that idea.
ya better teach the cops to shoot ...all nine victims were struck by police fired rounds. 18 shots fired at a distance of less than 10 feet and only 3 hit the perpetrator.
So what exactly is the law that is going to prevent a firearm from perpetrating a criminal act? How would microstamping have affected the solving of this crime? How does the further and continued restriction of the rights of the law abiding contribute to changing criminal behavior? Why do politicians consistently go after the law abiding instead of increasing penalties for use of a firearm in crime, theft of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm?
The answer to the last question is that politicians are not interested in solving the problrem. Continuation of violent crime means more laws, lawyers, judges, police, administrators and bureauocrats which means more power and control to the government. It also provides a forum for demagogery and a press platform to promote yourself into higher office.
“Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes.”
http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/Impaired_Driving/index.html
This doesn't even include all of the other motor vehicle related deaths caused by intent or stupidity.
Where's your righteous anger here, huh?
Driving is a privilege, the keeping and bearing of arms is a right protected by the Second Amendment.
Perhaps we should offer to send Bloomberg, Gianaris, Schneiderman, and Peralta to Rahm Emanuel in Chicago as an Anti-Social Behavioral Assault Team (The ASBAT Force). What an acronym. It has the makings of a new docu-drama. Lately, Mayor Emanuel seems to need these guys a lot more than New York State does (or ever did).
The NYPD needs gun controll,the ability to hit what there shooting at.
Mr. Schneiderman,
How do you suggest we defend ourselves during disasters like Sandy? EMS and 911 are overwhelmed. We have been instructed to NOT call 911 and to call 311. We can do that IF we are lucky to have power. The phone lines aren't working.
You must allow law-abiding New Yorkers to be able to defend their families during times of disaster because your ass will be at home with your armed guards!
We need to have a referendum among voters to change this dictatorial policy of New York Mayor Bloomberg.
And Chuck Schumer too! The two anti-gun morons.