The emergence of open criticism and the expressions of vocal non-support of a major legislative effort by State Senator Golden has caused significant backbiting and recriminations among “Golden's supporters” — it started with the Brooklyn Republican Party and has now spread to Kassar and the Conservatives

Brooklyn GOP- Cons Party State Senator Martin Golden can’t be happy that the Brooklyn editions of the  NEW YORK POST – SUNDAY for 1/27/13 contained an article by Will Bredderman entitled “Golden Under Gun Over His Gun Vote”; or that even his own Chief of Staff, Jerry Kassar, had bad things to say about the anti-gun vote pushed by Golden

The Post article is a virtual reprint of Bredderman’s earlier article/ post  “Golden under the gun —  Brooklyn Republicans blast GOP pol for assault rifle vote” that had first appeared in The Brooklyn Paper and last week on January 18th ([http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/4/br_goldenslammedforgunvote_2013_01_25_bk.html] ; first mentioned on this blog in my 1/18/13 comment to my 1/18/13 post, “Yesterday the Brooklyn Young Republican Club published it's own critique of Andrew Cuomo's new [anti-] gun law. Here is what Brooklyn's real Young Republicans had to say about it [http://galewynmassey.blogspot.com/2013/01/yesterday-brooklyn-young-republican.html] ).

As has been reported on this blog over the last couple weeks, the presidents of both of the Brooklyn Young Republican organizations have been in rare public agreement over the New York State S.A.F.E. anti-gun law –  they oppose it and the way in which it was passed.

According to the Bredderman piece, Golden’s decision to strongly support Governor Andrew Cuomo’s anti-gun law  triggered a blast of criticism from members of the five-term official’s political base, some of  whom claimed that Golden is putting helpless New Yorkers in the cross-hairs of violent psychopaths —  “I wanted to convey my club members’ disgust with your vote on Gov. Cuomo’s gun control bill,” Brooklyn Young Republican Club president Glenn Nocera wrote in an open letter to Golden, arguing that the bill will increase the chances of future bloodshed. “A criminal will always find a way to create carnage wherever or whenever he wants. Especially if there is no one with a gun to stop him.”  Bredderman then continued by citing “Russ Gallo, the leader of the rival Brooklyn Young Republicans club, [who] said toughening gun laws will put borough residents at risk. *** ‘New York is once again on the wrong side of another national issue,’ said Gallo, a New York City transit cop and an Iraq War veteran. ‘The gun law that was passed will do nothing to protect anyone except criminals that are intent on invading homes and can now do so knowing that any law-abiding citizen living there is likely to be unarmed and/or have seven or fewer bullets in any guns they may have’.”  Of course, Bredderman had to add this important item  —  the response from the Republican State Senator in the face of the coverage of the Young Republicans’ criticism: “Golden declined to comment on the criticisms....”

Just like Russell Gallo, who started generally criticizing the vote in support of Andrew Cuomo’s signature anti-gun law without specifically mentioning Martin Golden’s ACTIVE support and defense of the law, Conservative Party Chairman Jerry Kassar also joined in criticizing both the legislature’s process and the final product – Cuomo’s S.A.F.E. anti-gun law  –  which had been championed by Kassar’s boss on his day job, State Senator Martin Golden ( See Jerry Kassar’s Week of 1/24-30/13 “Common Sense” column entitled “The Business of New York”; posted 1/22/13 on blog of Home Reporter- Brooklyn Spectator; published in The Brooklyn Spectator News. 1/25/13-1/31/13 [http://www.homereporternews.com/opinion/columnists/jerry-kassar-s-common-sense-the-business-of-new-york/article_9f772e70-64c5-11e2-8733-001a4bcf887a.html]).