{"id":12351,"date":"2016-01-06T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12351"},"modified":"2016-01-06T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:10:14","slug":"terrorism-not-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12351","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism not gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was interviewed by North Country Public Radio yesterday<\/a>.\u00a0 Despite audio problems they were able to use some of what I said:<\/p>\n

“… Specifically, the last shooting out in California, the president was trying to talk about guns because he didn\u2019t want to talk about Islamic terrorists,\u201d Rieper said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is true<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… the Obama administration was still hesitating Friday to declare that the massacre was terrorism. \u201cIt\u2019s far too early to reach that kind of conclusion. We\u2019re still learning exactly what was motivating these individuals, what steps they took to carry out this terrible crime,\u201d White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n