{"id":24369,"date":"2021-09-29T13:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24369"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:29:24","slug":"primary-opponent-for-brian-kavanagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24369","title":{"rendered":"Primary opponent for Brian Kavanagh"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I have harped on for years, the only realistic way to impact urban Democrats is during the primaries. One of biggest antis in Albany, Brian Kavanagh<\/a>, will be in a primary<\/a> against self-declared socialist Alana Sivin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Alana Sivin, a socialist lawyer and advocate for criminal justice reform, is planning to challenge Democratic state Sen. Brian Kavanagh for reelection in 2022 \u2013 a year that could once again see many New York City incumbents in the state Legislature facing opponents from the left … Sivin argued that Kavanagh doesn\u2019t do enough to fight for marginalized people, pointing to his 2020 vote to roll back bail reform … Sivin also said that Kavanagh doesn\u2019t support legislation to increase taxes on the wealthy …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A cursory investigation reveals no gun-related statements from Sivin.\u00a0 I am not expecting anything 2A positive to come from her or her campaign either.<\/p>\n

That being said gun activists need to be involved in the primary, even if it is just to give a middle finger to the incumbent for screwing them over.\u00a0 Sitting by and doing nothing is a proven<\/strong> failed political strategy.<\/p>\n