{"id":17416,"date":"2018-08-25T07:58:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T11:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17416"},"modified":"2018-08-25T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T11:58:36","slug":"newsbits-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17416","title":{"rendered":"Newsbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday&#8217;s Newsbits:<\/p>\n<p>Elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/news\/local-news\/2018\/08\/digging-deep-with-miner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digging deep with Miner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightnews.com\/news\/2018\/08\/23\/colonie-town-board-member-challenges-incumbent-assemblyman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonie Town Board member challenges incumbent assemblyman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watertowndailytimes.com\/news05\/smullen-has-pistol-permit-suspended-turns-in-pistols-blames-opponent-20180824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smullen has pistol permit suspended, turns in pistols, blames opponent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurisprudence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2018\/08\/24\/aclu-supports-nras-free-speech-argument-in-suit-against-cuomo-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACLU Supports NRA&#8217;s Free-Speech Argument in Suit Against Cuomo Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/free-speech\/new-york-state-cant-be-allowed-stifle-nras-political-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York State Can\u2019t Be Allowed to Stifle the NRA\u2019s Political Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Politics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/23\/politics\/nyt-betsy-devos-funding-plan-arm-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump admin disputes NYT report on Education Department plan to arm teachers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2018\/08\/23\/trump-arming-teachers-cuomo-murphy-school-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuomo, Murphy Come Out Strongly Against Arming Teachers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/wantagh\/former-nypd-cop-li-pleads-guilty-gun-license-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former NYPD Cop From LI Pleads Guilty In Gun License Scheme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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%3D17416&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; 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