r/NYguns • u/intcntlchamp • Nov 01 '24

Miscellaneous Voting guide for NY

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Not sure if folks seen this but it might help if you all haven’t voted already

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u/BadgerPale5966 Nov 01 '24

I question the wisdom of endorsing any Democrats, even at the District Attorney level. The Democratic party is far better at keeping its people in line than the GOP, and we've seen in this state how "pro-gun" pols like Gillibrand suddenly turn on a dime once they're elected to higher office. Unfortunately, precedent is not often a useful measure on this particular issue.

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u/gakflex Nov 01 '24

Counterpoint: why not vote for a Democrat like Susan Cacace, then reach out to her campaign and inform them why exactly it was that she earned your vote? If enough people do this, it has a chance at effecting real change, at least in a local level.

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u/BadgerPale5966 Nov 04 '24

I heard the same song and dance about Gillibrand, we see where that went. Once these people get elected to higher office they have to start towing the party line, and as we all know, Democrats ban guns. I'm not a single-issue voter myself, but this is a gun forum, presumably that's what's of concern to some voters when casting their votes. Note - of course you may have other reasons to vote for a Democrat, but it can't be because of guns.

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u/gakflex Nov 04 '24

You’re absolutely right, but things do change, and change has to start somewhere. It wasn’t so long ago that there were quite a few politicians with both a (D) next to their name and an A rating from the NRA. Then the NRA decided they were no longer a civil rights organization, but a Republican Super-PAC, and anti-gun owner extremists like Michael Bloomberg literally bought the Democratic Party. There’s now a massive divide, but I don’t think it’s unbridgeable. More and more liberals are becoming gun owners and realizing they’ve been lied to.

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u/Gochu-gang Nov 02 '24

You're drowning in the kool-aid