{"id":26412,"date":"2022-10-24T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26412"},"modified":"2022-10-24T18:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:30:15","slug":"serino-does-not-deserve-an-a-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26412","title":{"rendered":"Serino does not deserve an “A” rating"},"content":{"rendered":"

NRA<\/a> has given an “A”<\/strong> rating and endorsement to State Senator Sue Serino<\/a>.\u00a0 She faces “F”<\/strong> rated State Senator Michelle Hinchey<\/a> in the race for the new 41st District<\/a>.\u00a0 They have done an “orange card’ mailing on her behalf and a larger mailing attacking Hinchey stating, “… [T]here is a PRO-GUN CANDIDATE, SENATOR SUSAN SERINO, who has a proven record<\/u> of protecting our Second Amendment rights …”<\/p>\n

That is not an accurate reflection of her voting record.<\/p>\n

From the Daily Freeman<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Two Republican state senators in the Mid-Hudson Valley joined Democrats this week in supporting two bills that sponsors say could reduce gun violence.\u00a0But Sue Serino, R-Hyde Park, and Mike Martucci, R-New Hampton<\/a>, voted against other gun-related measures that came before legislators … The Legislature passed a package of anti-gun violence bills on Tuesday ranging from a ban on possession of\u00a0\u201cghost\u201d guns<\/a>\u00a0that lack serial numbers to a ban on the purchase of a weapon\u00a0by anyone facing an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony or serious offense<\/a> … Both Serino and Martucci voted in favor of those two bills but opposed legislation allowing the New York attorney general to sue gun manufacturers in certain scenarios …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A reasonable argument can be made that Serino is better on 2A than Hinchey, but a more accurate grade would be a “C.”<\/strong><\/p>\n