New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is throwing its support behind Brooklyn Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Gounardes, the group announced this morning.

The group’s Executive Director Jackie Hilly said in a statement that Gounardes is “clearly taking a strong stand that more needs to be done to prevent gun violence” and “support[s] legislation to require microstamping of new guns sold and purchased in New York State.“

The endorsement comes after a spate of mass shootings across the country, which led Gov. Andrew Cuomo to say he would push for new gun-control laws in the next legislative session.

The group had previously given Republican incumbent Sen. Marty Golden high marks for his record and has backed GOP candidates in the past.

But Gounardes today sought to link Golden to his high marks from the National Rifle Association.

“Senator Golden has spent ten years in office calling himself a public safety guy while doing little more than bolstering his NRA rating,” Gounardes continued. “We elect people to get things done. Yet Marty Golden has shamefully ignored ten smart bills that would get guns off of the streets and make New York safer for everyone. Instead, he continues to side with the NRA over the interests of Brooklyn families.”

Democrats in the state Senate pushed for legislation that would require the microstamping of bullet casings, a proposal that failed in the Republican-led Senate.