GOP Rep. Jacobs Will Retire After Supporting 'Assault Weapons' Ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : We were perplexed, however, by his recent stance on Second Amendment rights, a position well outside the mainstream of the Republican Party, the Conservative Party, and the voters of NY 23.
45% : On Friday afternoon, after the recent shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, Jacobs told a group of reporters that despite the backlash he had received, the congressman thought he could win reelection, but "It would be an incredibly divisive election for both the Republican party and the people of the twenty-third district.""The last thing we need is an incredibly negative, half truth-filled media attack, funded by millions of dollars by special interest money coming into our community, around this issue of guns, gun violence, and gun control," he stated, which is why he will not seek a second term.

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