[alan]

Brian Pfleuger wrote, also quoting my response:
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Originally Posted by alan View Post
Brian:

It's been a very long time since I lived in New York (NYC actually). That having been said, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think New York State has provision for the recall of elected officials. The same would apply to New Jersey, mentioned by another poster.
No, we don't have any recall provision but we can vote the snakes out of office.
It's sort of self-fulfilling though. They were already known as anti-gun before they were elected and we either didn't care or the vote from the city overwhelms our vote anyway. When the next vote comes around we might suddenly decide to care but it won't matter because we'll be overwhelmed by the city vote anyway.
The people in the city (the vast majority of them, there are friends there but not many) most certainly not only don't care about gun rights but are openly hostile.
From a state-wide voting perspective, rural and suburban upstate is irrelevant.
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Brian:

The "city" vote, respecting state-wide elections, for instance governor, might be over be overwhelming, but members of the state house, aka state assembly run from much smaller districts, correct me if I'm wrong. As to people from rural areas, known to be anti-gun who were elected anyhow, possibly people who should have been paying attention weren't, a fault that brings pain to many others. Maybe next time, as you noted, things might be different..