{"id":13503,"date":"2016-09-30T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13503"},"modified":"2016-09-30T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:15:07","slug":"murphys-fund-to-end-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13503","title":{"rendered":"Murphy&#8217;s Fund to End Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/news\/policy\/one-murphys-gun-safety-group-backs-another-murphy-senate\" target=\"_blank\">According to RollCall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.murphy.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy&#8217;s<\/a> gun control project is backing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annathrone-holst.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Throne-Holst<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Murphy&#8217;s Fund to End Gun Violence will also be backing &#8230; Anna Throne-Holst, the former Southampton town supervisor challenging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeldinforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">New York&#8217;s 1st District<\/a> on Long Island. &#8220;I&#8217;m proud to support &#8230; Anna Throne-Holst because they&#8217;ve made ending gun violence cornerstones of their campaigns. By electing more people like them, Congress can finally listen to the will of the people, not the gun lobby,&#8221; Murphy said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2016\/07\/14\/murphy-starts-new-campaign-fund-to-help-gun-control-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\">What exactly is this Fund<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Murphy and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J.<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schumer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.<\/a>, have established the \u201cFund to End Gun Violence,\u201d an effort to \u201cbundle\u201d contributions to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. House<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> candidates who would support gun control bills &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can&#8217;t find any committee or website with the name so I&#8217;m going with the Fund being more antigun astroturf.<\/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%3D13503&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=13503\">&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=13503\"><\/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=13503\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to RollCall, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy&#8217;s gun control project is backing Anna Throne-Holst: &#8220;&#8230; Murphy&#8217;s Fund to End Gun Violence will also be backing &#8230; Anna Throne-Holst, the former Southampton town supervisor challenging GOP Rep. 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