{"id":6149,"date":"2012-05-22T12:44:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2012-05-22T12:44:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:44:58","slug":"gun-issues-in-cd-27-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6149","title":{"rendered":"Gun issues in CD-27 primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guns are going to be an issue<\/a> in the CD-27 Republican primary between party nominee Chris Collins<\/a> and challenger\u00a0David Bellavia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“David Bellavia, a Republican candidate for Congress, announced a \u201cSecond Amendment Coalition\u201d on Monday, a day when he also criticized his Republican rival, Chris Collins, for his previous participation in what Bellavia said was an anti-gun group. \u00a0Collins, the Erie County executive for four years from 2008 until 2011, said he was mistaken when he joined County Executives Against Illegal Guns …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CEAIG was a MAIG<\/a> offshoot created by then Westchester Co. \u00a0Exec. Andy Spano<\/a> as a vehicle to promote Mayor Bloomberg’s<\/a> agenda.<\/p>\n

“… Collins said he was new to the county executive\u2019s job when he approved participation in the group …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Saying he didn’t know what he was doing helps to explain why he lost that job<\/a> after only one term last year.<\/p>\n

“… \u00a0Collins said he is \u201cthe strongest advocate\u201d of the Second Amendment<\/a>, and he vowed he would have an \u201cA plus-plus\u201d rating from the National Rifle Association<\/a> if he is elected to Congress …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s an old rating he had from way back when he first tried running for Congress back in ’98. \u00a0He should not count on it again now that he has a public record on the issue.<\/p>\n