I used to think that any Republican was better than any Democrat...Then, along came Shays and Chaffee and too many others and the two Assembly Rinos who represent us in NJ and regularly vote against the RKBA. I think the fact that she’s for an issue I care deeply about is great! I like Peter King but I want to see his 2nd Amendment bona fides before I support him. Besides, she’s a babe!
Gillibrand is about 10X to the right of Peter King on gun issues. Far from having 2nd amendment "bona fides", King is a gun-grabber who gets D and F ratings from gun groups and took the lead in supporting the 1994 Brady Crime Bill and Assault Weapons Ban when his buddy Bill Clinton asked him to.
Here's King's scorecard from pro-gun groups:
2008 In 2008 National Rifle Association gave Representative King a grade of D.
2007 In 2007 Gun Owners of America gave Representative King a rating of D-.
2005 Representative King supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 25 percent in 2005.
2003-2004 Representative King supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 20 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Representative King supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 66 percent from 1988-2003 (Senate) or 1991-2003 (House).
2003 In 2003 Gun Owners of America gave Representative King a grade of D-.
2002 On the votes that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence considered to be the most important as of 2002, Representative King voted their preferred position 64 percent of the time. These scores are cumulative for each representative's time in their current office. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence considered votes from 1988-2002 in the House and 1991-2002 in the Senate when determining these scores.
2002 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2002, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative King a grade of D (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).
2001-2002 Based on the results of a questionnaire the Gun Owners of America assigned Representative King a grade of D-.
2001 Representative King supported the interests of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 100 percent in 2001.
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Of course this does NOT mean Gillibrand is a "conservative" overall. But on gun issues, there's no doubt who is the more conservative candidate in the race.
But since I'm not a single issue candidate, I won't be endorsing Gillibrand.