Brady Anti-Gun Group Endorses Gillibrand – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand–who was panned by some anti-gun groups when she was appointed to the Senate last year–has picked up the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “We want the people of New York to know that we enthusiastically support Senator Gillibrand’s campaign for the U.S. Senate,” Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign said in a release emailed by her campaign.