{"id":14127,"date":"2017-03-07T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127"},"modified":"2017-03-07T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:36:32","slug":"candidates-for-mayor-of-rochester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127","title":{"rendered":"Candidates for Mayor of Rochester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorlovelywarren.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren<\/a> announced <a href=\"http:\/\/wxxinews.org\/post\/mayor-lovely-warren-announces-re-election-bid\" target=\"_blank\">her re-election bid<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>She is the most vocal advocate for gun control outside the NYC metro area. Some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wxxinews.org\/post\/mayor-warren-backs-movement-ask-gun-manufacturers-take-more-action-gun-safety\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Warren Backs Movement To Ask Gun Manufacturers To Take More Action On Gun Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/mayor-warren-names-june-gun-violence-awareness-month\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Warren names June &#8220;Gun Violence Awareness Month&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com\/news\/nation-now\/mayor-pushes-national-gun-violence-petition\/250608808\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor pushes national gun violence petition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/news\/local-news\/mayor-warren-joins-faith-leaders-in-encouragement-of-gun-manufacturers-to-change-their-practices\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Warren joins faith leaders in encouragement of gun manufacturers to change their practices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will likely be a Democrat primary for the nomination. Other declared candidates include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monroe County Legislator and former police chief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheppardforrochester.com\" target=\"_blank\">James Sheppard<\/a>. Sheppard is antigun and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/news\/news\/gun-control-groups-to-endorse-ted-obrien\" target=\"_blank\">has associated<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyagv.org\" target=\"_blank\">New Yorkers Against Gun Violence<\/a> in the past. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/243871610\/10-20-Anti-Gun-Violence-Advocates-Endorse-Ted-O-Brien\" target=\"_blank\">this endorsement letter<\/a> for (former) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_O'Brien\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Ted O&#8217;Brien<\/a>. Sheppard is quoted by the Times Union in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/local\/article\/AR-15-is-front-center-in-NY-SAFE-Act-debate-4415320.php\" target=\"_blank\">an article on the SAFE Act<\/a>:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard says guns like the AR-15 are just deadlier, period, and should be banned for the same reason that a kitchen knife is legal but a switchblade is not. &#8220;These rifles are basically replicas of military armament, and they are designed to efficiently kill people,&#8221; Sheppard said. &#8220;In civilian life, that&#8217;s not something you need or want.&#8221; &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>TV journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachbarnhart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Barnhart<\/a>. She has <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelformayor.com\/issues\/public-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">this position statement<\/a> on her campaign website:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Stolen guns are often used in crimes in the city. The administration will secure funds for a public service campaign focused on educating the public about the need to secure their weapons. A possible slogan is, \u201cDon\u2019t be a victim that leads to another victim.\u201d Proactively retrieve guns when people with pistol permits die and there is not a surviving family member with a permit &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpny.org\" target=\"_blank\">Green Party<\/a> activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexwhiteforrochester.org\" target=\"_blank\">Alex White<\/a>. Not much on him other than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/opinion\/blogs\/editorial\/2015\/08\/24\/green-party-alex-white-candidate-offers-plans--reduce-violence\/32294057\/\" target=\"_blank\">this article in the D&amp;C<\/a>\u00a0which addresses violence without more gun control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>White has run and lost several times for public office before and probably won&#8217;t accomplish much this time around either. That leaves Barnhart as the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D14127&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced her re-election bid yesterday. She is the most vocal advocate for gun control outside the NYC metro area. Some examples: Mayor Warren Backs Movement To Ask Gun Manufacturers To Take More Action On Gun Safety Mayor Warren names June &#8220;Gun Violence Awareness Month&#8221; Mayor pushes national gun violence petition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D14127&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14127\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14127"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14141,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127\/revisions\/14141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}