{"id":13765,"date":"2016-12-02T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13765"},"modified":"2016-12-02T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:51:21","slug":"first-antigun-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13765","title":{"rendered":"First antigun pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was much noise in the media after the election about the NRA<\/a> advancing a pro-gun agenda<\/a> in the new Congress including reciprocity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the first pushback<\/a> on that I’ve seen:<\/p>\n

“… Democrats have vowed to make sure that should a national reciprocity agreement surface in the senate, they will filibuster until it\u2019s dead. Peter Ambler, executive director of Americans for Responsible Solutions<\/a>, a gun control super PAC, said his organization plans to fight national reciprocity \u201ctooth and nail,\u201d threatening a Democratic filibuster of the legislation in the Senate<\/a> … Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal<\/a>, a Democrat and ardent gun-control advocate, said he believes any version of a national reciprocity bill would be \u201cdead on arrival\u201d in the Senate, due to strong Democratic opposition …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is where Trump will get a chance to back up his rhetoric<\/a> with action. According to Mike Pence<\/a>, Trump is planning “ambitious” 100 and 200 day agendas to fulfill his core campaign promises. He needs to publicly say reciprocity is on his agenda.<\/p>\n