Prediction -- she will roll-over on AWB, "Gunshow Loophole" and all the rest to help her in the next election (in two years, I believe), because the national Democrat machine and the NY state Demo machine is anti-2nd Amendment. She will continue to support "hunter's rights" since you can still hunt even if you have to check out your single-shot hunting rifle and three rounds from the Sheriff's armory. As long as she was in an area that had a lot of conservatives/Republicans, and she was only representing a piece of NY, she her stance was tolerated. Now that she's at the national level, the Demo leaders will sit on her, and if she doesn't "behave" they will support that McCarthy. As I recall, Al Gore was allegedly pro-gun, as long as he was Senator from a state that was largely pro-gun, until he became Clinton's VP pick, at which point he obediently threw his principles and former constituents under the bus so he could please the rest of the party and be Veep.Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who wasn't among the 10 to 20 people Paterson said applied for the Senate appointment, immediately criticized the expected pick. The Democratic congresswoman, whose husband was killed and son wounded by a gunman on the Long Island Railroad in 1993, said Gillibrand's support of more conservative issues such as gun ownership rights was out of step with most New York Democrats.
McCarthy, 65, vowed to challenge Gillibrand herself in next year's primary or find a younger candidate to do so.
"I will certainly raise my voice and run if no one comes forward," McCarthy said in a telephone interview Friday. "Believe me, this is a personal issue for me. I don't think someone with a 100 percent NRA rating should be the next senator from New York."
During the news conference, Gillibrand complimented all of the state's female House delegation, offering an olive branch to McCarthy who she said has "provided outstanding leadership in fighting against gun violence and keeping our children safe. I pledge to work with her on her signature bill for updating background checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals."
Near the end of her statement, Gillibrand again brought up the issue again, saying she would support gun control "but also protect our hunters' rights."
I would love to be proven wrong, but I am not counting on it.
BTW, one of the other political analyses I read said the district she is from, the one with the most conservatives & republicans in NY state, is set to be gerrymandered out of existence by the Democratic NY state legislature. Double bonus for the Dems -- they get rid of a problem area and she has no district to go back to if she does stick to her current positions...