NY Times via Drudge, “Zuckerman Said to Mull Run for U.S. Senate“:
“… Mortimer B. Zuckerman, real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a run for the Senate seat now held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand … Zuckerman is considering commissioning a poll to test the viability of a candidacy … Zuckerman, 72, is known as a Democrat, , but if he runs, it would likely be as a Republican or independent, to avoid participating in a costly primary …”
I don’t know what his views on guns are. The Daily News is certainly not a gun friendly tabloid.