“… Democratic House hopeful Sean Eldridge today said he owns a shotgun and backs “common sense” gun control measures such as enhanced background checks. Eldridge, the founder of Hudson River Ventures, is running for the Hudson Valley seat held by Republican Rep. Chris Gibson. “Like most gun owners, I believe in common sense and we can protect the second amendment while also doing common sense things to save innocent lives,” Eldridge said in an interview on The Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter. “We should pass background checks. Congressman Gibson hasn’t signed on to that bill.” …”
This is a MAIG agenda item he’s pushing. It’s not as if this was unexpected either. Ally Smith, the NYS Lead for MAIG, retweeted his opening campaign announcement several days ago.
If only more candidates would be this forthcoming it would make doing candidate ratings a lot easier.