{"id":20781,"date":"2019-12-13T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T14:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20781"},"modified":"2019-12-13T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T14:09:40","slug":"primary-for-suozzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20781","title":{"rendered":"Primary for Suozzi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens County Politics reports<\/a> that Congressman Tom Suozzi<\/a> will face a Democrat<\/a> primary challenger next year:<\/p>\n

“Melanie D\u2019Arrigo<\/a> is a health care advocate from L.I. who briefly lived in Long Island City and she is running a progressive grassroots campaign to unseat incumbent politician U.S Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-L.I., Little Neck) from New York\u2019s 3rd District<\/a> … The L.I. native … wants to close the loopholes in gun shows<\/strong> … D\u2019Arrigo has endorsements from Muslims For Progress<\/a>, Our Progressive Future<\/a>, which supports young progressives who want to run for office and the National Organization for Women<\/a>. \u201cMelanie D\u2019Arrigo doesn\u2019t only support our issues, but she will lead on them. We\u2019re proud to support her bold vision to repeal the Hyde Amendment<\/a>, confront gun violence<\/strong>, and put her healthcare expertise to work for Long Island\u2019s women and families,\u201d said Sonia Ossorio, president of NOW New York<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From her campaign website:<\/p>\n

Common Sense Gun Safety Laws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thoughts and prayers haven\u2019t stopped the rampant gun violence in our country. We need meaningful action. I support Common Sense Gun Safety Laws to ensure our families are safe from those who intend to do us harm. That includes expanding background checks, closing gun show loopholes, banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines, enacting a federal red flag law and implementing a national licensing program.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From her Twitter<\/a> feed:<\/p>\n

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We never think it will happen in our neighborhood, until it does.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t wait any longer for:<\/p>\n

✅Universal background checks
✅Closing gun show loopholes
✅Assault weapon & high-capacity magazine ban
✅Federal red flag law
✅National licensing programhttps:\/\/t.co\/c1f52g8nBP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Melanie D'Arrigo for Congress (@DarrigoMelanie) October 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n