{"id":19255,"date":"2019-06-18T10:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19255"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:38:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:38:44","slug":"oneida-county-executive-primary-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19255","title":{"rendered":"Oneida County Executive primary race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajpicentejr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente<\/a> will be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uticaod.com\/news\/20190617\/gordon-hennessy-challenge-picente-to-debate-in-oneida-county-executive-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a three-way Republican primary<\/a> next Tuesday with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonforcountyexecutive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Gordon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uticaod.com\/news\/20190417\/hennessy-announces-candidacy-for-oneida-county-executive\">Michael Hennessy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As to where the candidates stand on 2A:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picente <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20090715\/new-york-city-of-utica-officials-suppo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has supported gun control<\/a> in the past.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/content\/news\/Gordon-pushing-changes-to-Oneida-County-pistol-permit-laws-if-elected-508913911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making a strong push for gun rights supporters to back him<\/a> in the primary, promising changes as to how the county issues pistol licenses and making Oneida a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sanctuary county<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Based upon an old candidate questionnaire from his attempted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyassembly.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assembly<\/a> run in &#8217;14, Hennessy supports gun rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When in doubt, vote the incumbent out.\u00a0 With low turnout gun owners have an opportunity to push Picente off the cliff.<\/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%3D19255&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=19255\">&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=19255\"><\/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=19255\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente will be in a three-way Republican primary next Tuesday with David Gordon and Michael Hennessy. As to where the candidates stand on 2A: Picente has supported gun control in the past. 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