Billionaire John Catsimatidis has often been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for New York City Mayor. It’s common knowledge he carries a gun (because a prerequisite for obtaining an unrestricted NYC pistol license is to be filthy rich and politically connected.) Gothamist interviewed him and he makes some statements about gun ownership:
“… I believe that law-abiding, mentally healthy citizens—after a waiting time and a real test of abilities and a real test of everything, with no bad history in their background—should have the right to bear arms … I think that “Stand Your Ground” laws need a lot of modification. I had a problem in one of my homes where I had a break-in at two o’clock in the morning. I didn’t have my gun with me and if I did, I could have protected my family and I would have probably blown the guy’s head off. Look, at the time it happened, my daughter was 17 years old, my son was 14 years old and one has to protect his family. If somebody breaks into your home and you don’t know what their intent is, one should have the right to have a gun in their home and protect their family …”
This isn’t much but probably as good as we’d get out a candidate. He’s way better than Ray Kelly whose name is being floated by some Republicans.