The same governor whose COVID policies led to the deaths of thousands and thousands of the elderly in New York, now claims he wants to do the same with gun violence:
“We want to do with gun violence with what we just did with COVID." @NYGovCuomo
Over 9,000 loaded guns sent to nursing homes that kill over 15,000 seniors, lying about the death toll and writing a book on how you helped solve gun violence?
pic.twitter.com/x6WorNuUmA— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) July 8, 2021
People in New York better watch out, because it’s likely that Cuomo will use new ’emergency powers’ to attack the second amendment rights of New Yorkers to own guns. After all, there are many more New Yorkers owning guns thanks to all the rioting that’s happened in the last year, and that’s got to be the real problem Cuomo sees, even if he doesn’t admit it out loud.
Here’s more on his ‘disaster emergency’ from NY Post:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a state of “disaster emergency” over gun violence across New York — and announced $138 million in new spending to try to stop the surge in shootings.
“Gun violence and crime should be the top priority for every mayor in this state because every city has been affected by it,” he said.
“It’s a matter of saving lives — and New York’s future depends on it.”
Speaking at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, Cuomo said that “people are not coming back to this city — they are not coming back to any city — until they know it’s safe.”
Cuomo made no mention of hiring more cops, although he said he wanted to “rebuild the police-community relationship.”
In a speech that at times sounded like a campaign pitch, the embattled, three-term Democrat unveiled a seven-point plan that includes treating gun violence like an “emergency public health issue” and using “data and science” to zero in on shooting “hotspots.”
Cuomo — who’s facing multiple probes tied to sex harassment allegations and the cover-up of nursing home deaths from COVID-19 — also said he would provide “positive engagement for at-risk youth,” including by creating summer jobs and funding arts and other social programs.
Blah blah blah. Here’s the real problems that needs to be addressed, ones that I guarantee Cuomo won’t do anything about:
State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R-Lockport) blasted Cuomo for “declaring another emergency” just “days after finally relinquishing his emergency powers.”
“The crisis in cities across our state today directly correlates with the passage of the disastrous bail and other criminal justice ‘reforms,’ an out-of-control Parole Board that has released countless murderers and other dangerous criminals, and calls by Democrats to defund our police,” he said.
“These heinous acts of violence and the victims affected deserve real solutions — not political grandstanding.”
Even De Blasio’s own spokesperson said that parolees are the main ones committing these gun crimes:
“Unfortunately, the Governor did not mention state bills that support state parolees, who are disproportionately involved in New York City shootings,” spokesman Bill Neidhardt added.
In other words Ortt is right about this being about an out-of-control parole board releasing murderers and violent criminals into the city. If Cuomo really wants all these rich people to come back to the city (the only ones he cares about), he’s got to address this issue. He’s also got to REFUND the police by hiring many more officers and letting them do their jobs.