And So It Goes. . .
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing down, too. In the face of the assault weapon ban dying in Congress, "Cuomo Favors Easing Part of Newly Passed Gun Law," according to Thomas Kaplan and Danny Hakim of The New York Times. What's he's easing, they report, is the restriction on the legal capacity of magazine rounds, down from seven, as in the newly-passed law, to nothing. The gun-control law, approved in January, banned the sale of magazines that hold more than seven rounds of ammunition. But, guess what? Seven-round magazines are not routinely manufactured. And, oh, those poor legal gun owners. "Although the new gun law provided an exemption for the use of 10-round magazines at firing ranges and competitions, it did not provide a legal way for gun owners to purchase such magazines," Kaplan and Hakim write. So here's the "compromise" -- you can still buy magazines that hold 10 rounds. But you can only use seven. Now who's going t...