New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
has been arrested on a five-count federal complaint charging him with
accepting millions of dollars in exchange for using his political
influence, New York Daily News reported Thursday. The charges are described as “stunning” for “the Manhattan Democrat [who has been] a state political fixture for decades.”
As such, Silver has been a leading proponent of “gun control” throughout his terms of office, including being a driving force behind passing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “SAFE” Act. In 2012, Silver pushed through a package of bills after the Sandy Hook killings, using that as the springboard to enact legislation that had failed to be enacted in prior years, including microstamping, gun locks and “closing loopholes.” He stated his post-Newtown goal flatly, to impose “a complete ban on assault weapons.”
Silver’s arrest is reminiscent of other arrests for criminal acts that prominent citizen disarmament-demanding politicians have made headlines with in recent years, including numerous members of Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns.” Other anti-gun pols charged with serious criminal activity include California State Senator Leland Yee, including racketeering and gun trafficking.
Silver’s arrest is expected to spark conversation among pro-gun activists discussing the case. As is typically the case when someone demanding to criminalize a right is himself found to be under suspicion of self-serving real crime, the environment that allows corruption to flourish also comes under scrutiny.
“New York may be home to one of the oldest and most corrupt political machines in the nation, but it’s hardly unique,” a Hot Air report discussing the Silver charges states. “And many of them have shady political dynasties holding on to power by any means possible, with plenty of money changing hands, frequently involving powerful unions and Democrat supporters.”
Such dynasties invariably back “gun control.” And it can’t escape notice that the New York political machine is where Michael Bloomberg first exercised political power, and from where current “Everytown” money and moves against gun owners in Western states is coordinated and controlled.
http://www.examiner.com/article/powerful-new-york-gun-ban-politician-arrested-for-bribery-kickbacks
As such, Silver has been a leading proponent of “gun control” throughout his terms of office, including being a driving force behind passing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “SAFE” Act. In 2012, Silver pushed through a package of bills after the Sandy Hook killings, using that as the springboard to enact legislation that had failed to be enacted in prior years, including microstamping, gun locks and “closing loopholes.” He stated his post-Newtown goal flatly, to impose “a complete ban on assault weapons.”
Silver’s arrest is reminiscent of other arrests for criminal acts that prominent citizen disarmament-demanding politicians have made headlines with in recent years, including numerous members of Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns.” Other anti-gun pols charged with serious criminal activity include California State Senator Leland Yee, including racketeering and gun trafficking.
Silver’s arrest is expected to spark conversation among pro-gun activists discussing the case. As is typically the case when someone demanding to criminalize a right is himself found to be under suspicion of self-serving real crime, the environment that allows corruption to flourish also comes under scrutiny.
“New York may be home to one of the oldest and most corrupt political machines in the nation, but it’s hardly unique,” a Hot Air report discussing the Silver charges states. “And many of them have shady political dynasties holding on to power by any means possible, with plenty of money changing hands, frequently involving powerful unions and Democrat supporters.”
Such dynasties invariably back “gun control.” And it can’t escape notice that the New York political machine is where Michael Bloomberg first exercised political power, and from where current “Everytown” money and moves against gun owners in Western states is coordinated and controlled.
http://www.examiner.com/article/powerful-new-york-gun-ban-politician-arrested-for-bribery-kickbacks
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