Gun Politics New York

The House voted on legislation to raise the age to 21 for buying semi-autos. Local Republicans who voted Yes include Chris Jacobs, John Katko and Nicole Malliotakis. Malliotakis is the only one running for re-election.

David Yassky, the lawyer who wrote the Brady Bill is hoping to revive a political career:

Congressman Chris Jacobs will not be running for re-election in the new 23rd District due to his gun control remarks.

The Buffalo News reports:

“… “This obviously arises out of last Friday, my remarks, statements on being receptive to gun controls,” Jacobs said in an interview. “And since that time, every Republican elected (official) that had endorsed me withdrew their endorsement. Party officials that supported me withdrew, most of them, and those that were going to said they would not. And so obviously, this was not well received by the Republican base.” What’s more, both the Republican and Conservative parties were circulating petitions for candidates to run against Jacobs in the Aug. 23 congressional primaries. “I truly believe that I could win this, but it would be an incredibly divisive race for our party, for the district,” Jacobs said. “There’s a high likelihood that there would be a lot of outside money coming in, so it would make this gun issue the issue. And that divisiveness not good in any effort to move this discussion forward in a productive way.” …”

Good.