{"id":11432,"date":"2015-04-19T06:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11432"},"modified":"2015-04-19T06:59:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:59:37","slug":"safe-cost-byron-brown-2-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11432","title":{"rendered":"SAFE cost Byron Brown #2 spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting bit in this article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/columns\/bob-mccarthy\/jockeying-under-way-for-2016-election-20150419\" target=\"_blank\">the Buffalo News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorbyronbrown.com\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo mayor [Byron Brown]<\/a> has taken great pains over the years to maintain his spot on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eriecountyconservatives.org\" target=\"_blank\">Conservative line<\/a>, even losing a party primary to new best friend Kevin Helfer in 2005. Brown can only wonder what might have been without that \u201cC\u201d behind his name. His reluctance to embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s <\/a>SAFE Act gun control law may have very well cost him a shot at becoming lieutenant governor last year &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The fallout from SAFE will go on for years and years.<\/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%3D11432&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=11432\">&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=11432\"><\/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=11432\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting bit in this article from the Buffalo News: &#8220;&#8230; The Buffalo mayor [Byron Brown] has taken great pains over the years to maintain his spot on the Conservative line, even losing a party primary to new best friend Kevin Helfer in 2005. 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