State Director of Operations Howard Glaser took a break from his handling of Blizzard Nemo ? which he described this morning as a ?routine blizzard? -? to e-mail reporters examples of Gov. Cuomo?s gun control efforts dating back to the governor's days as a member of President Clinton?s cabinet.
Glaser sent the email after he appeared on an Albany radio station this morning and got tangled in something of a sparring match over Cuomo?s recent gun legislation and what?s been perceived as the governor?s shift to a more liberal agenda.
Cuomo administration officials have bristled at the notion they are tilting leftward and insisted they are maintaining the same mainstream agenda. Glaser's email blast was another salvo in that battle.
The clips forwarded by Glaser include press releases and news clippings from as far back as 2000 showing Cuomo launching a gun buyback program, receiving an award from the Brady Center, and getting attacked by the National Rifle Association.
"As guns grow more powerful and more plentiful, we need to empower communities to find more intelligent ways to protect us from their terrible destructive force," Cuomo said in 2000 press release announcing a $30 milion gun safety program, which included a buyback program.
"Working with local communities, we can build on other successful HUD programs that have reduced crime and violence in neighborhoods around the country,? Cuomo, then HUD secretary, said in the release.
Glaser also sent over the text of remakrs Cuomo made to the group Handgun Control Inc. in 2000.
"We have a tendency for violence and aggressiveness," Cuomo told the group. "Maybe it's in the human condition, but it is definitely part of this nation's heritage. Yes, we have that. But that doesn't excuse then the vehicle that actually communicates that aggressiveness and takes it to a new level, which is the gun. Be violent. Be aggressive. Argue with me. But don't shoot me. We are gun crazy as a society. "
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