Gun Politics New York

I found this interesting article on CNN, “New PAC aims to elect candidates who will focus on policy to end daily gun violence“:

“Robert Emmons Jr. ran for Congress — and lost. But he won’t let that stop him from being involved. Emmons channeled the energy from his congressional campaign into starting a new political action committee, Our Everyday. The PAC launched last month with the aim to elect candidates who will work to end daily gun violence. “We operate electorally to support candidates that treat gun violence as an epidemic and advocate to address its root causes. We’re building political power by shifting the national gun violence prevention conversation to focus on progressive policies that will ultimately uplift communities of color and bring peace and justice to our communities,” the PAC writes on its site. “On the federal level, we talk a lot about the assault weapons bans and the background checks and the red flag laws,” he said. “But oftentimes, we forget or neglect to mention that in order to end everyday gun violence, we also have to talk about addressing the inadequacy in our health care, educational inequities, environmental racism, poverty and injustice. To us, that’s how we end everyday gun violence.” …”

The FEC reports that Our Everyday PAC was created out of Emmons’ election committee.  It sounds like he’s just using gun control as seasoning to differentiate it from numerous other leftist groups with similar ideological leanings.

“… In its first round of endorsements last month, Our Everyday backed three candidates: Jamaal Bowman, Mondaire Jones and Charles Booker. Bowman won his primary in New York’s 16th District, as did Jones in New York’s 17th District. Booker lost the Democratic primary for the Kentucky Senate seat held by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …”

I don’t see any disbursements to Bowman or Jones so I will assume Emmons just made endorsements without any financial backup.

At this point I don’t see him bringing anything new to the table.