KGill Continues on 'Trade Guns for Political Friends' Program

Billy Parker

Published Feb 12, 2009

Modified Feb 12, 2009

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A few people were wondering why Kirsten Gillibrand didn't make a stop with the mayor when she came through town last week on her statewide roll out tour as senator that ended in NYC. Well yesterday the two met in Washington and seemed to bury any hatchet that may have existed after Bloomberg breathed fire in Gillibrand's direction following the (former?) gun control advocate being named to the Senate by Governor Paterson. The pair was all smiles after their twenty-minute meeting with Gillibrand telling reporters, "There's a number of things that we're going to work on together, trying to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals by getting law enforcement all the tools they need to keep them off the street." Gillibrand sounds to be "evolving" rapidly—she even told the News that since her background is in fishing, she'd have to take shooting lessons from the mayor.

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