{"id":14645,"date":"2017-06-15T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2017-06-15T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:37:42","slug":"how-far-the-antis-have-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14645","title":{"rendered":"How far the antis have fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A kook-left loser tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/14\/us\/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder a bunch of Republican Congressmen<\/a> yesterday opening fire on them at a softball practice session outside Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the antis tried to score <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/washington\/la-na-essential-washington-updates-a-high-profile-shooting-occurs-and-1497463853-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap political points<\/a> in order to advance their agenda:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virginia:<br \/>No background checks<br \/>No licensing<br \/>No registration<br \/>No permit req\u2019d for concealed carry of long guns<br \/>Open carry long guns &amp; handguns<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidfrum\/status\/874972278576033792\">June 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-virginia-shooting-guns-idUSKBN1952XD\" target=\"_blank\">It didn&#8217;t work<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;There were prayers and expressions of sympathy for the victims after a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game, but no signs of a new push in the U.S. Congress to tighten gun-control laws on Wednesday. In a country where there are almost as many guns as people, gun ownership is fiercely defended by firearms industry lobbyists and Republican politicians, who now control the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">the House of Representatives<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">the White House<\/a> &#8230; Despite the day&#8217;s carnage, there was no immediate indication that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump<\/a> or his fellow Republicans would shift from their position protecting gun ownership rights. Pro-gun voters lean heavily toward the Republican Party &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/448631\/immediate-aftermath-congressional-shooting-rep-mo-brooks-offers-spectacular-answer-gun\" target=\"_blank\">It really didn&#8217;t work<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Mo Brooks was asked the inevitable gun control question. Here&#39;s what he said: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKPw5HgXtL\">pic.twitter.com\/MKPw5HgXtL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lachlan\/status\/874995269192089600\">June 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/albany\/story\/2017\/06\/14\/collins-im-going-to-start-carrying-a-gun-112748\" target=\"_blank\">Gun control? Fuck that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChrisCollins\">@RepChrisCollins<\/a> says he&#39;ll carry a handgun at public events moving forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VAshooting?src=hash\">#VAshooting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WKBW\">@WKBW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\">@ABC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Im9bUtiiM\">pic.twitter.com\/3Im9bUtiiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Touhey (@Ali2e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ali2e\/status\/875017487913562112\">June 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five years ago gun control was all the rage.  Now the issue is pretty much dead everywhere but a few states like New York and is kept alive mostly through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">funding by billionaires<\/a> totally out of touch with average Americans.  Hopefully they too will fall apart in a few years.<\/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%3D14645&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=14645\">&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=14645\"><\/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=14645\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A kook-left loser tried to murder a bunch of Republican Congressmen yesterday opening fire on them at a softball practice session outside Washington. Of course, the antis tried to score cheap political points in order to advance their agenda: Virginia:No background checksNo licensingNo registrationNo permit req\u2019d for concealed carry of long gunsOpen carry long guns [&hellip;]<\/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%3D14645&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=14645\">&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=14645\"><\/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=14645\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14651,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14645\/revisions\/14651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}