Cuomo's executive orders...

According to WBKW, a Buffalo CBS affiliate:

Law makes it legal for NY to sue gun manufacturers:

Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Public Nuisance Bill into law. It allows the state or cities to sue gun manufacturers.

The law was among of a host of other steps Governor Andrew Cuomo took on Tuesday aimed at addressing the growing number of shootings throughout the state.

The article went on to say:

“The only industry in the United States of America immune from lawsuits are the gun manufacturers, thanks the George W. Bush and the NRA,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The immunity came in the form of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. It was signed into law in 2005.

Only industry immune from lawsuits?

That would be an out and out lie; and as an attorney who has been involved in politics for many years and did such a fantastic job with the COVID crisis (in his own mind), I find it hard to believe that Cuomo would actually believe that statement to be true...sounds like some more Cuomo b/s to explain away his governmental overreach.

The fact is that the pharmaceutical companies are also immune from lawsuits.

In December 2005, George W. Bush also signed the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act).

Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act)

The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 (PREP Act) authorizes the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a declaration that provides immunity from tort liability for claims of loss caused by countermeasures (e.g., vaccines, drugs, products) against diseases or other threats of public health emergencies.

The PREP Act added new authorities under the Public Health Service Act to address concerns about potential liability associated with the development and administration of countermeasures.

Vaccine manufacturers lobbied for the legislation, which would effectively preempt state vaccine safety laws in the case of an emergency declaration by HHS, by making clear they would not produce new vaccines unless the legislation was enacted.


So, the fact is, we actually have an unelected person, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), who has the sole authority to give immunity from prosecution to any pharmaceutical company with the click of a pen.

In March 2020, Alex Azar, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services invoked the Act to cover the COVID plan-demic.

Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19

"The Secretary is issuing this Declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to provide liability immunity for activities related to medical countermeasures against COVID-19."

The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to issue a Declaration to provide liability immunity to certain individuals and entities (Covered Persons) against any claim of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, distribution, administration, or use of medical countermeasures (Covered Countermeasures), except for claims involving “willful misconduct” as defined in the PREP Act. This Declaration is subject to amendment as circumstances warrant.

According to CNBC...article updated December 23, 2020:

You can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna if you have severe Covid vaccine side effects. The government likely won’t compensate you for damages either:

Immune to lawsuits

In February, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar invoked the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. The 2005 law empowers the HHS secretary to provide legal protection to companies making or distributing critical medical supplies, such as vaccines and treatments, unless there’s “willful misconduct” by the company. The protection lasts until 2024.

That means that for the next four years, these companies “cannot be sued for money damages in court” over injuries related to the administration or use of products to treat or protect against Covid.

HHS declined CNBC’s request for an interview.

So now, the initial PREP Act of 2005 has been amended to specifically include COVID vaccines until 2024!

Based on Cuomo's logic, I guess we should blame the George W. Scherf (Bush) dynasty that initiated the PREP Act in 2005; the pharmaceutical companies; threats from manufacturers; and lobbyists' money as the reason for the immunity granted for an experimental vaccine that is associated with "real" deaths and reactions that are barely reported in the fake news media.

Circling back to the article at the beginning of this blog:

Another article, this one in the Conservative Brief, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Unveils ‘Emergency’ Gun Plan says:

He said that “people are not coming back to this city — they are not coming back to any city — until they know it’s safe.”

Hiring more police officers could help the situation, but he made no mention of that.

He said he wants to treat gun violence like an “emergency public health issue” and is going to use “data and science” to focus on shooting “hotspots.”

“We also want to form a council on gun-violence prevention, that gets your minds at the table to develop a strategy and the laws that we need to make a difference,” the governor said.

“Everything is on the table. We all want the same thing, and that’s what we’re going to do,” he said.

According to Conservative Brief news, Cuomo then went into a "a rant aimed at Donald Trump for some reason, as if he is the cause of the Democrat run state being a hotbed for gun violence after decades of relative peace under Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg."

Playing the "blame game".  Actually, I don't believe it will be safe to return to New York until you are officially no longer Governor!

Anyone really seen Cuomo in person lately? Asking for a friend!