WASHINGTON - - New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who argues her pro-gun stance aims to protect hunters' rights and the Second Amendment, last week said she and her husband, Jonathan, keep two rifles under their bed to protect their upstate home.Gillibrand said neither she nor her husband is a hunter, and in a general discussion of gun control said, "If I want to protect my family, if I want to have a weapon in the home, that should be my right."The mother of two young children has taken "gun safety procedures to ensure family safety," an aide later said, but declined to say what steps.Gillibrand's guns are rifles, her chief of staff Jess Fassler said in an e-mail, and she won one of them in a raffle at a county fair while campaigning. He said New York does not require anyone to register rifles.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usgill1612462761feb16,0,1520070.story
if I want to have a weapon in the home, that should be my right."+10
I think we need to keep our eyes on this one. Did anyone notice that she retained most of Hillary's staff? I know she did it for practical reasons but it could have ramifications on future gun related legislation. These staffers will be telling her to soften her positions on the 2A.I am going to writer he a letter and encourage her to stand firm on her convictions about the 2A. And if she does this, I will support her reelection to the Senate with a campaign contribution. I don't care if she's a Democrat; a pro-2A Democrat is much better than a lukewarm or anti-2A Republican (think Arlen Spector) to me.
If you look in Webster's under "RINO" there will be a photo of Arlen Specter.
How do you think I feel? Benedict Arlen's my Senator.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whose pro-gun stance has attracted criticism from fellow New York Democrats, has moved two rifles she kept under her bed for protection because of news reports about the weapons.Gillibrand spokesman Matt Canter told the newspaper in a story posted on the its Web site Monday evening that the rifles were removed for security reasons because their location had been reported.Canter said the rifles were not loaded and the Gillibrands follow gun-safety procedures. He would not say if they kept ammunition nearby.Gillibrand told Newsday that while she and her husband don't hunt, her mother, brother and father do."I grew up in a house where my mom owns about eight guns," she said. "She keeps them in a gun case."
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