{"id":26012,"date":"2022-08-05T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26012"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:50:57","slug":"gunsense-endorsements-for-the-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26012","title":{"rendered":"Gunsense endorsements for the August primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everytown.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everytown<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Bloomberg<\/a>) has <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/2022-endorsed-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made a couple of endorsements<\/a> for the August 23 primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>In the open seat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/congress2022\/con03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-3<\/a> Democrat primary they endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/darrigo2022.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melanie D\u2019Arrigo<\/a> who they list as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momsdemand.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moms volunteer<\/a> and who looks like a poster-child <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_(slang)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen<\/a>. While not endorsed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshlafazan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nassau Co. Legislator John Lafazan<\/a> has made gun control a signature issue of his campaign while one of <a href=\"https:\/\/zimmermanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Zimmerman&#8217;s<\/a> top priorities is to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.longislandpress.com\/2022\/08\/04\/august-congressional-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">combat gun violence.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 Jon Kaiman proudly lists himself as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kaimanforcongress.com\/issue\/assault-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunsense candidate<\/a>&#8221; and Reema Rasool pledges that, if elected, she &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reemaforcongress.com\/commonsense-gun-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will aim to pass common-sense gun safety laws to keep our schools, places of worship, and communities safe.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 All the choices stink, but I believe the worst two are D\u2019Arrigo and Lazafan.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/senate2022\/sen21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SD-21<\/a> Democrat primary they endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaeganfornystatesenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaegan Mays-Williams<\/a> who they also list as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momsdemand.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moms volunteer<\/a>.\u00a0 She is challenging incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinparker4senate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Parker<\/a> who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/kevin-s-parker\/senator-parker-and-senate-majority-passes-sweeping-anti-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also antigun<\/a> and is <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/archive\/6804452\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a violent thug<\/a>.\u00a0 The third choice is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidforbk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Alexis<\/a> who &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=f5604c074ed3f5e9783543d41c07115cb6b530ba99136705f6eb07327eb6a68d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has committed to governing with gun sense as a priority.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 He is arguably the least offensive only because he has not voted on the issue and has not been endorsed by any gun control group.<\/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%3D26012&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=26012\">&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=26012\"><\/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=26012\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everytown (Mike Bloomberg) has made a couple of endorsements for the August 23 primary elections. In the open seat CD-3 Democrat primary they endorsed Melanie D\u2019Arrigo who they list as a Moms volunteer and who looks like a poster-child Karen. While not endorsed, Nassau Co. Legislator John Lafazan has made gun control a signature issue [&hellip;]<\/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%3D26012&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=26012\">&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=26012\"><\/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=26012\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2022","category-local-legislation","category-state-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26012"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26028,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26012\/revisions\/26028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}