{"id":16180,"date":"2018-03-07T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16180"},"modified":"2018-03-07T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:46:12","slug":"possible-gop-sellout-coming-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16180","title":{"rendered":"Possible GOP sellout coming #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Republicans never<\/span> learn that there is nothing to be gained by caving in to Democrats and fringe-Left special interests.<\/p>\n

Exhibit A<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Republican Sen. Elaine Phillips<\/a> on Tuesday in a statement endorsed taking action on specific gun control measures, including a ban on possessing bump stocks in New York and classifying mass shootings as an act of terrorism.\u00a0 Phillips, a Long Island lawmaker, also backed a measure that would tighter restrictions on gun ownership for those who are convicted of domestic abuse, which gun control supporters consider to be a loophole in federal law …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exhibit B<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Republican Sen. John Bonacic<\/a> in an interview Tuesday said he would be open to considering specific gun control legislation such as bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted. \u201cThese requests in my mind are reasonable,\u201d Bonacic said. \u201cThose are a couple of things that I\u2019m going to be advocating in my conference.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n