{"id":14905,"date":"2017-08-13T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2017-08-13T07:37:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T11:37:00","slug":"leave-and-take-brian-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14905","title":{"rendered":"Leave and take Brian with you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Squadron announced<\/a> he is resigning his State Senate<\/a> seat.<\/p>\n

He is claiming his reason is that he does not have enough time to be in the legislature and “lend my hand to make a difference in states across the country, pushing policies and candidates that will create a fairer and more democratic future.”<\/em>\u00a0 I think it has a lot more to do with the the mainline Democrats clown caucus<\/a> being unable to form a governing majority in the Senate.\u00a0 Whatever the reason, it’s good to see him go<\/a>.
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What is not so good is Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh<\/a> is eyeing the seat<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Kavanagh has been an increasingly influential member of the chamber and was among the Democratic lawmakers who negotiated the passage of the SAFE Act<\/strong>, a package of gun control measures. He was also briefly considered a potential candidate to replace Sheldon Silver<\/a> as speaker of the Assembly<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SD-26 <\/a>is heavily Democrat so whomever the party chooses as their nominee is virtually assured of winning when a special election is held.\u00a0 It’s not a done deal for Kavanaugh as Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou<\/a> also interested it<\/a>.\u00a0 Better to have a younger, less experienced replacement for Squadron than a guy who has spent years in Albany and is moving up the political food chain with a hard antigun agenda.<\/p>\n