Gun owners did not do well in yesterday’s election.\u00a0 Moving from Long Island, here are the results:<\/p>\n
Even before the election, Democrats made it known they would make a push for more gun control in Albany<\/a> when the legislature returns to sessions in January:<\/p>\n “… Will gun control supplant abortion rights as a wedge issue in 2018? It may, at least in the state Senate<\/a> … Now Senate Democrats<\/a>, in the wake of recent mass shootings, including Sunday\u2019s murder of 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas<\/a>, are poised to launch a push for tougher gun laws with January\u2019s legislative session …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course they are.<\/p>\n “… Still, if history is a predictor, Senate Republicans<\/a> will likely reject tougher gun control laws just as they have with abortion rights …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Don’t count on that. If Astorino won, we’d be in a better position.<\/p>\n