{"id":27629,"date":"2023-11-03T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27629"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:08:11","slug":"campaign-kickoff-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27629","title":{"rendered":"Campaign kickoff stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

WXXI reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A longtime local Democratic politician is running for a New York state Assembly seat. Willie Lightfoot Sr.<\/a>, who is currently in his 2nd term as a City Councilman at Large will run for Assembly in the 137th district<\/a>. That\u2019s the seat currently held by Democrat Demond Meeks<\/a> … Lightfoot said that it is time \u201cfor us to come together to take back our city from the dangers that have plagued it.\u201d Lightfoot has been active in anti-violence efforts, his campaign statement talked about his push to establish the Roc Against Gun Violence Coalition<\/a> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not surprised by this. I suspected he was up to something when he released his so-called “Gun Violence Action Plan<\/a>” a few weeks back.<\/p>\n