“I respected the fact that she came out and said she was going to back up the guns, and hunting,” said Keith Disbrow, 53, a retired correction officer. “I’m an avid hunter and fisherman. But as soon as Schumer and Silver got to her, I watched her change her tune. She was doing a decent job, but now that she’s going to be a statewide senator, I think they’re going to make her fold. She’s not going to have the Democratic Party’s backing if she doesn’t.”…

Mr. Franco was not pleased with Ms. Gillibrand’s recent statements, but he said he was not surprised. “She’s like all the politicians,” he said. “Either she was lying then, or she’s lying now. Either way, she’s lying.”