{"id":10807,"date":"2014-10-07T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T12:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10807"},"modified":"2014-10-07T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T12:51:57","slug":"dem-voted-for-safe-because-the-reps-did-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10807","title":{"rendered":"Dem voted for SAFE because the Reps did first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankforassembly.com\" target=\"_blank\">Democrat Assemblyman Frank Skartados<\/a> voted for the SAFE Act <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2014\/10\/06\/skartados-brown-edit-board\/16836333\/\" target=\"_blank\">because the Republicans in the Senate voted for it first<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Skartados said he doesn&#8217;t agree with certain points on it \u2014 for instance, one part of the law limits the number of cartridges in a gun to seven, nor does he like how it was passed, in an overnight vote \u2014 but voted for it and thinks it&#8217;s here to stay.\u00a0 In an email follow-up to the Journal after the editorial board session, Skartados&#8217; campaign manager, Steve Gold, said &#8220;to clarify&#8230;(Skartados) had little doubt that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assembly.state.ny.us\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly<\/a> was going to pass the bill because of the key provisions&#8230;he was surprised that the Republican-led <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> voted in favor of the act&#8230;so it was natural for the Assembly to support it as well.&#8221; &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, what he&#8217;s saying is Skartados lacks independent critical thinking skills and will simply go along with the heard?<\/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%3D10807&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; 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