{"id":11627,"date":"2015-06-30T17:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11627"},"modified":"2015-06-30T17:07:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:07:58","slug":"is-that-cell-phone-in-your-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11627","title":{"rendered":"Is that cell phone in your pocket?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/pistol-grip-iphone-cases-banned-nyc-advocate-article-1.2276450\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Anti-gun advocates are blasting a new iPhone case that looks like a pistol grip \u2014 and could be mistaken for a real gun &#8230; Some of the cases come with an app that puts up a picture of a gun on the screen \u2014 completing the overall image &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>God bless capitalism.\u00a0 Only in America could someone make a buck off a dumb-ass idea like this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The gun grip cases, which can be purchased online or on the street, could no doubt doom young teens, community advocate Tony Herbert said.\u00a0 \u201cIf I were a cop and it was dark and I saw this (case) on a person, my first thought would be to pull my gun and defuse the threat,\u201d Herbert said Tuesday &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can count on self-appointed &#8220;community advocates&#8221; going straight for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronymfinder.com\/Pants_Shitting-Hysteria-%28PSH%29.html\" target=\"_blank\">PSH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Herbert is pushing city and state legislators to ban the sale of the gun case &#8230; \u201cWe have to ban the sale of this item before lives are lost,\u201d he said.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why not let Darwinism take it&#8217;s course?<\/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%3D11627&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; 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