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Cuomo: Quick on the triggers, slow on the drills
Photo credit: Associated Press
Compare Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s alacrity on gun-control with his sluggishness on shale.
Within 31 days of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, Cuomo pushed a comprehensive new gun-control law through the legislature with little resistance. Strategically, the rush prevented opposition from mobilizing. Gun rallies since then have been more about venting than repealing the law.
But Cuomo...
