{"id":13197,"date":"2016-06-30T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13197"},"modified":"2016-06-30T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:12:42","slug":"first-nra-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13197","title":{"rendered":"First NRA ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> is running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2016\/06\/29\/nra-launches-pro-trump-ad-narrated-benghazi-survivor\/\" target=\"_blank\">this ad<\/a> in several battleground states (not New York):<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SIl20jItjHY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If this were done by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.org\" target=\"_blank\">RNC<\/a> it would be a decent ad.  For NRA, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>First, it does not touch upon gun rights at all.  Second, NRA is already widely seen as being too tight with the Republicans.  Bringing up a non-gun issue reinforces that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\">The Donald&#8217;s<\/a> support for 2A is questionable at best so it is understandable that NRA can&#8217;t highlight that.  However, they could at least try to make the argument that he would make better judicial picks or sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20151030\/national-right-to-carry-reciprocity-legislation\" target=\"_blank\">the reciprocity bill<\/a>.<\/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%3D13197&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=13197\">&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=13197\"><\/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=13197\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRA is running this ad in several battleground states (not New York): If this were done by the RNC it would be a decent ad. For NRA, not so much. First, it does not touch upon gun rights at all. Second, NRA is already widely seen as being too tight with the Republicans. 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