It's that time of year where Republicans in Albany engage in some light political theater to show gun owners that they care about them.

The following gun bills are on Assembly Codes agenda for Monday:

• A-3505, Requires that no applications, or the literature given therewith, shall be approved, distributed or used in any capacity if they contain an explicit written warning regarding ownership or use of a firearm.
• A-3538, Provides that a license to possess a pistol or revolver shall permit the licensee to carry such weapon concealed.
• A-4790, Allows individuals duly licensed out-of-state to carry a pistol or firearm, authority to carry such weapon within New York state for a limited duration with proper documentation.

None of these are going anywhere. They will be held over in committee with little to no discussion. Republicans have been following this script for decades.

If the Republicans really wanted to show 2A supporters they care, they would make a Motion to Discharge on each of these bills like Senate Democrats used to do for their gun control bills. They still won't be voted on, but the sponsors could spend some time on the floor talking up 2A and making antis defend their positions.

Don't expect this to happen.

If GOP cared, they would direct their county sheriff to arrest any number of Democrats for racketeering if they set foot in the county.

It took me until the unSAFE Act passed with the downstate Republican clowns help to finally see the light. Unfortunately, it has spread to the the Federal level as well. There are a few genuine pro-2A Republicans in Congress but most of them use the 2A only as a fundraising tool. When they have had the power, they have done zero heavy lifting to get anything across the finish line. I noted in another thread that GHWB's Executive Orders banning MSR imports are still in effect. No Republican President after him ever repealed them.

I believe these days that just like the Democrat Party has become the party of Big Business, but refuse to admit it while secretly taking in billions of donations from private equity and other huge corporations, the Republicans are pro-gun control will not admit it in public. With the "silly season" approaching in November, there will be plenty of Republicans pleading for donations and promises to work hard for all kinds of pro-2A legislation. Those promises will evaporate as soon as the next session of the Congress convenes.

I find it incredulous that the Republicans cry they do not have the votes to pass the HPA or make substantial changes to the NFA. "It will be filibustered in the Senate" is the claim. Except the NFA is really a TAX law that falls under revenue. As such, it only needs 51 votes under Reconciliation to pass (as the Democrats have reminded us with their own programs, that are really taxes, and that they have failed to pass because they cannot garner the votes from Manchin and Sinema to get to 50 or 51).