Andrew Cuomo: Executive Action Against Guns

After signing an executive order this week declaring a “first in the nation” disaster emergency aimed at gun violence, New York governor Andrew Cuomo promised to tackle the gun problem in much the same way he took care of COVID — which, considering his disastrous response during the pandemic, sounds more like a threat.

Instead, as with COVID, Cuomo has empowered himself to “temporarily suspend” laws “if compliance with such provisions would prevent, hinder, or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster.” It seems the only thing Cuomo learned from COVID is that executive power can be abused with impunity. Indeed, it’s another transparent effort to blame a lack of gun control on failed public-safety policies, which is quickly becoming a political problem for Democrats.

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David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner.

After signing an executive order this week declaring a “first in the nation” disaster emergency aimed at gun violence, New York governor Andrew Cuomo promised to tackle the gun problem in much the same way he took care of COVID — which, considering his disastrous response during the pandemic, sounds more like a threat.

Instead, as with COVID, Cuomo has empowered himself to “temporarily suspend” laws “if compliance with such provisions would prevent, hinder, or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster.” It seems the only thing Cuomo learned from COVID is that executive power can be abused with impunity. Indeed, it’s another transparent effort to blame a lack of gun control on failed public-safety policies, which is quickly becoming a political problem for Democrats.