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Gillibrand Takes Finger Off Trigger Of Gun Bill
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 14, 2009
Modified Feb 14, 2009
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is really embracing her downstate constituency: She won't support the gun bill HR 4900 unless it's changed—and she co-sponsored it! Mayor Bloomberg and other mayors opposed the bill, saying it would actually "undermine federal agents and local police as they continue their fight against illegal guns." WNBC's Melissa Russo writes, "The Senator told News 4 New York on Friday she was misled by language in the bill that implied it would help law enforcement. Gillibrand said she was unaware when she cosponsored HR 4900 that it would actually hurt." The new Senator said that Bloomberg, whom she met the other day, explained the bill's flaws. The NRA, which previously gave her a 100 rating said, "Mayor Bloomberg sold Sen. Gillibrand a bill of goods." Gillibrand, who met the family of a Brooklyn victim of gang violence, explained her "old" gun stance to Air America's Mark Green, "We didn't have gang violence in upstate New York in my district. We didn't have the sense of urgency because young people were getting killed because of gun violence, and getting in the crossfire of gangs."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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