“Seventeen counties will compete for $13 million as part of a new initiative to fight gun violence,” democratandchronicle.com reports. “Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined in his budget address Jan. 21 that he would shift money from the popular Operation IMPACT crime-fighting program to a new Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative. State officials said the program will start immediately because there is money in this year’s budget to fund it.” Cuomo urged local agencies to “apply for this funding and work toward making New York’s streets safer.” Rock and roll! So what’s the plan? Yes, well, they’re working on that . . .
To be eligible for the funding, municipalities need to develop a plan “to promote integrated, evidence-based strategies to reduce gun violence.”
The plan also includes an expansion of the state’s five crime analysis centers to be address gun violence. They are located in Albany, Broome, Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties.
The state Department of Criminal Justice Services will host a conference next Tuesday in Albany to discuss the initiative.
Applications will be due in late March and the grants will be awarded in the late spring, state officials said.
Excellent! Because we wouldn’t want New York’s cities and towns to spend their share of the $13m taxpayer-funded bonanza on disorganized emotion-based gun violence reduction strategies like . . . the SAFE Act. And you have to allocate the funding before you know what you’re going to do with the funding, obviously.
What’s the bet that a big chunk of this $13m will flow down to “violence interrupters” (i.e., ex-cons) with no proven (i.e., evidence-based) track record for reducing firearms-related crimes? Why just yesterday, fordhamnewsbx.blogspot.com reported that one such group (SNUG) received $300k from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services [via SAFE Act co-sponsor Senator Jeff Klein] to “operate in The Bronx’s Jacobi Medical Center.” So to speak.
Saying that, the $350k (the hospital kicked-in $50k) represents a fraction of the $2.8m New York State taxpayers will fork-over this year to groups of convicted criminals and admitted gang members who claim they’ll use the cash to stop convicted criminals from committing firearms-related crime – despite SNUG’s non-quantifiable track record.
Yes but – again, what exactly does that money – or the $13m up for grabs from Governor Cuomo’s gun grabbers – pay for? Details! Don’t you know that there are children being shot every single day? “If it saves one young person’s life it’s worth every penny.” (True quote.) Those of you who reckon the money shouldn’t be sucked out of taxpayer’s pockets in the first place, or should go to beef-up New York’s criminal justice system, are just being churlish. That is all.
I think having overt gun owners normalizing guns in public helps but I think having some who are more reserved about it is good too. Cuz loud, proud gun people rub certain people the wrong way, but people who keep to themselves about it can change things too. Like if you know somebody for a while before you find out they own guns, then you can’t prejudge them on it. So when you do find out later, it challenges your preconceptions of gun owners.
I’m like this but I live in Canada so it’s different here anyway. But I live in a big city and I’ve never had anyone react negatively to my owning guns. When people get to know you as a “normal person” and only find out later that you’re not normal, they might see things differently.
Bet the Guardian Angels don’t get any of that money.
It’s a slush fund for Andy’s cronies.
I’ve been wanting to do this, but I will be moving in the next year or two. I currently live in Oklahoma but will be moving to Texas in 2015.
Would this be a problem? What would I need to do in this situation if I received my FFL while I was living in OK?
To be eligible for the funding, municipalities need to develop a plan “to promote integrated, evidence-based strategies to reduce gun violence.
The winning plan: buy everyone in town a J-frame and a Bianchi. That’s the ONLY evidence-based strategy.
Robert, that’s the best rationale for open carry that I’ve ever heard.
They are asking, anyone out there with the balls to confiscate?
Seriously how much time do these people waste coming up with these acronyms? Its just way to convenient for every turd they lay out on the table to have some catchy or witty acronym attached to it.
Come on folks, everyone knows that as long as you make NOISE when hiking in the woods you’ll hardly ever have a bear altercation! Sing, talk (even to yourself) or get a walking stick that has jingle bells attached to it. Don’t be afraid to make a little noise on the trail and you’ll most likely never see a bear. Right?!!
And just in case you do see one, carry your bear spray. Even when your out on the trail and stop to pick some huckleberries, have your bear spray handy!
Now, when out in the woods it’s a good idea to ‘read’ the territory your in. Animal tracks and scat (poop) are good to pay attention to. A good size pile of scat usually found right in the middle of the road or trail, as bears like to make it OBVIOUS who’s territory your in, can’t be missed. When it comes to bear scat, it’s easy to tell the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat. Black bear scat will have evidence of its’ diet as you’ll see remnants of huckleberries and it’ll even have a fragrant odor of berries. Grizzly bear scat will too have huckleberry remnants but a close look will reveal pieces of a walking stick and those jingle bells still intact. It’ll have a distinct odor of bear spray as well!
Good luck out there! Don’t forget your .45 semi-auto with +p rounds!
Here’s my proposal. I believe it will do more than reduce “gun violence” as it tackles the root of 80% or so of homicides (at the least the ones in NYC).
1. Legalize drugs.
2. Create an infrastructure to monitor the legal production and sale of drugs.
3. Tax drug sales and pump that money into educating students in under-served communities.
4. Enjoy pulling the rug out from under the drug cartels and gangs who are responsible for much of the violence we see in NY and whose major profit base is selling illegal drugs.
The 80% bit isn’t randomly chosen. I few months ago I was looking over NYC homicides stats and for the year I checked around 80% of arrested murderers and 80-something% of murderees in NYC had previous drug arrests. I think it’s safe to say that many of their murders have something to do with the sale of drugs or gang activities that are drug-related (protecting turf and such).
I don’t think Cuomo would go for that, though. It’s a lot easier to blame law-abiding gun owners for our drug violence problem.
Loved the babe reference, it always amazes me how many college educated degreed dumbasses there are in the world, and how high they can rise to power in the right circumstances. It kind of seems that a lawyer would want to be armed but I guess it depends on the kind of law you practice. Kind of sad I missed that Dallas Open Carry TX meetup, now that I finished school I have some spare time 🙂
Step right up ladies & gentlemen & see the mighty coma tackle crime bare handed, in the other ring is o with his pen & 3 cell phones, see if you can find liberty under any one of them./// Apparently their garbage pleases the sheep.
Rump first? Better drag me to a stream and do some cleaning first or the meat won’t be fit to eat.
Also see: http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-fourth-open-letter-to-mike-lawlor-of.html
My Fourth Open Letter to Mike Lawlor: Of anti-Catholic jihads and spitting on your heritage. (Hedgehogs, foxes and wolverines. Oh my!)
And: http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-letter-to-russian-embassy-regarding.html
My letter to the Russian Embassy regarding Mike Lawlor.
There’s nothing wrong with working to preserve habitat and wildlife while being 100% willing to let people kill wildlife that’s actually predating humans. That doesn’t mean shoot ALL THE TIGERS! but killing ones that are stalking humans or attacking humans? Sure thing, go for it.
Boy, talk about your perfect analogy. Villagers = citizens in U.S. cities. Tigers = gang bangers, rapists, drug-twisted home invaders. Who needs a gun? Try vomiting to dissuade the attacker. Or call the police.
Read “Death in the Long Grass” by Peter Hathaway Capstick – it chronicles the life of a great hunter who took care of such problem animals like this particular tiger. His stories about hunting lions in Africa left me chilled to the bone. When an animal gets a taste of human meat it needs to be put down, because it’ll never go back to eating prey that’s much harder to catch than humans. At this point, you’ve got to put them down, end of story.
Best ever Capstick quote…………..
“The Cape Buffalo looks at you like you owe him money”………….
If you want to read an excellent book about hunting man-eaters on foot, alone, read “Man Eaters of Kumaon” by Jim Corbett. He worked in India in the 1920s-1930s, and his stories are absolutely gripping. He didn’t like to go out with other hunters or beaters because they made it difficult to listen to what the jungle was telling him about the tiger. As an aside, one of the double rifles (a best quality boxlock .450-400(3″) double rifle by W.J. Jeffery & Co.) Corbett used is in the Boise, ID Cabela’s store-museum of Elmer Keith’s guns.
I can’t imagine agreeing with much of anything that Eric Holder says, does, or thinks.
What a great video! Now I REALLY want to do 3 Gun
Got to teach the kids shooting skills.
The two boys maintained expert in the Corps.
Daughter made sharpshooter.
Their medals are pinned on the wall in my shop above mine.
Let’s not forget the $27.7 million from last years budget to create the database system to handle ammo purchases under the Safe act. You know, the system that doesn’t exist,( that’s a good thing) but where was the money spent? And let’s not forget the increase in this years budget of $3.2 million for more personnel to administer the Safe act, parts of which are not being enforced by many county Sheriffs and the NYS Police.
Fingers crossed this leads to amazing things!
I hope none of those flying pigs crap on my car.
(packs a snowball and a parka for weekend visit to Hell)
Wow… shots fired over bacon. Wouldn’t have guessed that.
“You take my bacon… I will kill you”
This is good news. What is not good news is 118 morons were willing to screw over the citizens of NH. Keep fighting!
The big name stores may have a drop in sales, their prices are the main cause. I regularly visit gun stores in a 4 county area north of Pittsburgh and they are still moving iron like nobody’s business, not to mention hard rice and cleaning gear and reloading supplies/equipment.
As for greghole up the thread? Liar. Never held a gun in its life much less actually own any. FLAME DELETED
I have a very serious Diet Pepsi addiction. This may be putting me in a tough spot.