{"id":13177,"date":"2016-06-23T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T18:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13177"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T18:40:37","slug":"sit-and-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13177","title":{"rendered":"Sit and spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dems.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Democrats<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-na-pol-house-democrats-sit-in-gun-vote-20160622-snap-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">staging a sit-in on the House floor<\/a> because the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Majority<\/a> won&#8217;t go along with any of their antigun initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, local reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/kathleenrice.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Kathleen Rice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/israel.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/meeks.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Meeks<\/a> are participating in this farce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rangel.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Rangel<\/a> decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/rangel-defends-armed-guards-despite-gun-control-support-we-deserve-to-be-protected\/\" target=\"_blank\">kick it up a notch<\/a> by declaring that he (and Congress) are special and should be protected by people with guns:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8230; \u201cI think we deserve\u2013I think we need to be protected down here.\u201d &#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That statement makes the case for term limits.<\/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%3D13177&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=13177\">&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=13177\"><\/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=13177\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor because the Republican Majority won&#8217;t go along with any of their antigun initiatives. Of course, local reps. Kathleen Rice, Steve Israel and Gregory Meeks are participating in this farce. 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