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Ex-foes Gillibrand, McCarthy team on gun bill
Quick ReadSen. Kirsten Gillibrand and her former ardent foe, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola), announced they were teaming up to sponsor legislation to combat gun trafficking.
Photo credit: Newsday/CRAIG RUTTLE | Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, left, whose family was victimized by gun violence, and Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand embrace during the announcement of the Gun Trafficking and Prevention Act of 2009 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. (November 24, 2009)
Gun Control Bill to be introduced by Gillibrand & McCarthy
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Talk about a thaw.
In the latest example of politics making for the unlikeliest bedfellows, hugs, mutual praise and chitchat punctuated a news conference between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a former darling of the National Rifle Association, and her former ardent foe, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola), the stridently pro-gun-control congresswoman whose husband was killed in the mass shooting...
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