{"id":24210,"date":"2021-08-19T14:41:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24210"},"modified":"2021-08-19T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:41:53","slug":"latimer-floated-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24210","title":{"rendered":"Latimer floated for Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some rumor-mongering at the Times Union<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… A recent Times Union story<\/a> about who might run for governor in 2022 included many possible entrants for the Democratic nomination. One name not included: Westchester County Executive George Latimer<\/a>. Former state Sen. Terry Gipson<\/a>, a Democrat who served in the Senate with Latimer, wrote in to say that Latimer should definitely be considered … Gipson, who has been encouraging Latimer to run for governor, noted Westchester County under Latimer passed several progressive measures before state government eventually acted on them …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Latimer has a proven antigun record in the state legislature<\/a> and in Westchester County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That being said, the best opportunity for 2A activism may be during a Democrat primary and in that case it would be to push aside an even worse candidate<\/a> as opposed to supporting a pro-gun one. That is the reality of gun politics in New York. Sitting by and doing nothing is not an option.<\/p>\n