{"id":1391,"date":"2010-04-30T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T19:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2010-04-30T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T19:17:24","slug":"news-of-the-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"News of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/wned\/news.newsmain\/article\/1\/0\/1643551\/WNED-AM.970.NEWS\/State.Senator.Dale.Volker.to.Retire\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Dale Volker announced his retirement<\/a>. \u00a0He carried pro-gun bills in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> for many year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wben.com\/Poll--Cuomo-Wins--But-Levy--Lazio---Paladino-Neck-\/6937564\" target=\"_blank\">Latest polling<\/a> shows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> would beat <a href=\"http:\/\/lazio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Lazio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.levyforny.com\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Levy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/paladinoforthepeople.com\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Paladino<\/a>. \u00a0Paladino <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/pages\/Carl-Paladino\/130595325508\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a> that his numbers are better than Lazio&#8217;s (losing 55-25% verses Lazio losing 56-24%). \u00a0Since the three GOP contenders all have about the same numbers, I see it more as a general anybody-but-Cuomo preference and not a specific preference for any of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atf.gov\" target=\"_blank\">ATF<\/a> released some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/atf-posts-2009-ny-state-crime-gun-data-92412279.html\" target=\"_blank\">statistical trace data<\/a> for New York. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayor\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> claims <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/ny_crime\/2010\/04\/30\/2010-04-30_less_heat_on_streets_fewer_young_guns_aid_firearms_drop.html\" target=\"_blank\">his lawsuits are responsible<\/a> for the drop in guns linked to criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressconnects.com\/article\/20100430\/NEWS01\/100430006\/Give%20away%20your%20guns%20on%20Mother%E2%80%99s%20Day\" target=\"_blank\">giving up your guns<\/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%3D1391&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=1391\">&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=1391\"><\/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=1391\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time Senator Dale Volker announced his retirement. \u00a0He carried pro-gun bills in the Senate for many year. 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