“Cuomo is now doing what an increasing number of candidates around the country are doing — that is, aggressively touting his support for (the SAFE Act) and gun safety measures more generally, and wearing NRA opposition to him as a badge of honor.
“The fact that (GOP candidate Marc) Molinaro is not embracing the NRA position reflects the fact that he comes from a more liberal downstate area where even Republicans have no big problem with the (SAFE Act), and the fact that he’s got to reach out to Democrats and independents if he is to have any hope of closing the ground between himself and Cuomo.” – SUNY Cortland professor Robert Spitzer in Gun issue in NY governor’s race evolves in wake of shootings