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Gillibrand Moves Twin Rifles From Under Her Bed

'Security' prompts senator to relocate guns after reports

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(Newser) – After admitting in an interview that she and her husband kept a pair of rifles under her bed—to protect their upstate home—New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has moved the weapons, Newsday reports. “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved for security reasons,” said a rep. She keeps the guns separately from their ammunition, the spokesman noted, after gun safety activists expressed concern about the two small children in the home.

The spokesman later added that they had been locked in a case under the bed. Gillibrand’s gun ownership has made waves in pro-gun-control New York City, where one group will rally on the steps of City Hall to push her to support gun-control legislation. Records show Gillibrand has a hunting license, but her spokesman says it’s a fishing license.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, center, marches with community leaders during the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade in New York, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, center, marches with community leaders during the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade in New York, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
With a temporary name card in front of her, New York's newest senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.
With a temporary name card in front of her, New York's newest senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., holds her son Henry after a mock swearing in ceremony at the US Capitol by Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., holds her son Henry after a mock swearing in ceremony at the US Capitol by Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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NutsInNY
Feb 17, 09 11:13 AM CST
Gillibrand should consider a native English speaker for her spokesman: "She keeps the guns separately from their ammunition..." Reply
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LeftMiddleRight
Feb 18, 09 1:50 AM CST
I think what was meant by that was, or could mean, possibly mean, or was meant to mean was, that the guns each have their own bullets and the bullets were kept away from the guns, possibly in the house or not, for the purpose of not being together at the same time with the guns (gasp)... Well said NutsinNY. Reply
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