{"id":10212,"date":"2014-05-19T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10212"},"modified":"2014-05-19T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:35:46","slug":"bipartisan-support-b-s-for-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10212","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan support (B.S.) for background checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politico posts, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/05\/gun-control-elections-2014-polling-106800.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bipartisan support for background checks<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A majority of likely voters in swing congressional districts and states this year support stricter background checks on gun purchasers, and the support spans both parties, a new POLITICO <a href=\"http:\/\/images.politico.com\/global\/2014\/05\/18\/140517_politico_topline_may_2014_survey_t_1117.html\" target=\"_blank\">poll<\/a> finds. \u00a0Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed would support tougher measures while 21 percent are opposed &#8230; &#8220;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nobody believes this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The poll, designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsphere.com\" target=\"_blank\">SocialSphere<\/a> and conducted by the research firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfk.com\" target=\"_blank\">GfK<\/a>, surveyed 867 likely voters between May 2 and 13, in places with highly competitive midterm contests &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok. \u00a0How many candidates in those districts are running on gun control platforms?<\/p>\n<p>&lt;crickets chirping&gt;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D10212&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10212\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10212\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10212\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politico posts, &#8220;Bipartisan support for background checks&#8220;: &#8220;A majority of likely voters in swing congressional districts and states this year support stricter background checks on gun purchasers, and the support spans both parties, a new POLITICO poll finds. \u00a0Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed would support tougher measures while 21 percent are opposed &#8230; 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