A bit of good news - the new Democrat Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand (replacing Hillary in NY, thank God) respects gun ownership. The article in Newsday said:
...after living in Manhattan with its gun violence for 12 years, Gillibrand, who as a House member won the National Rifle Association's top rating, rejects city gun bans or limits on legally owned guns.
"It's a false debate," she said. "It's political rhetoric that's sucking you in to believe that hunters owning a gun or an American citizen who wants to protect his home owning a gun somehow increases gun violence."
Asked if she owned a gun, she said, "We own two."
Asked where she kept them, she said, "Under the bed."
Gillibrand said while she and her husband don't hunt, her mother, brother and father do.
"I grew up in a house where my mom owns about eight guns. She keeps them in a gun case," Gillibrand said.
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http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/...b16,0,4962072.storyShe is reportedly being criticized by NYC loonies for her views. Note that Newsday is published in Long Island, and is editorially much more conservative than the NYTimes, which can be counted on to be 100% ADA left wing on every issue.