Dean Skelos and the rest of the Long Island Republicans (except for Lee Zeldin) probably convinced themselves that their vote in favor of SAFE was a no-brainer, that gun control was widely popular in their area and there would not be any repercussions for their vote.
The first sign of problems with this notion arrived a couple of weeks ago when the President of the Suffolk Police Conference came out in support of full repeal. The second sign came this Saturday when protesters gathered right by Jack Martins district office in Mineola.
He is my guy. I was all kinds of happy when he first won against one of the worst antis, craig johnson-D(for dickwad), some years back. When he took office, I immediately wrote him letters (several) asking for his support. After I read his replies, I let him know (back then) that since he won by a handful of votes after re-counts, he had better think long and hard about ALL his supporters cause he just needs to loose a few of us. I wrote NYSRPA and told them that this guy is going to stab us in the back the first time the shit hits the fan. Guess what… Unless the Repubs come up with another guy, I, for one, am staying home. Maybe the conservative or the libertarian – NOT HIM! DONE!