{"id":19673,"date":"2019-08-09T06:37:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T10:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19673"},"modified":"2019-08-09T06:37:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T10:37:26","slug":"newsbits-147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19673","title":{"rendered":"Newsbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday&#8217;s Newsbits:<\/p>\n<p>Today @ 10:00am \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres<\/a>, gun control advocates and others hold a press conference to announce new funding for gun and gang violence prevention programs, District Office, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/YdAiSJJAiTMZY4Zg9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">573 E. Fordham Road, Bronx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jurisprudence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/08\/07\/gun-control-cases-to-watch-at-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gun Control Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Legislation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saratogian.com\/news\/local-news\/tonko-calls-for-senate-to-return-to-vote-on-gun\/article_fdecaba4-b952-11e9-97ee-732cbe3e21c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tonko calls for Senate to return to vote on gun safety bills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxxinews.org\/post\/new-yorks-red-flag-law-curb-gun-violence-takes-effect-two-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York&#8217;s red flag law to curb gun violence takes effect in two weeks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NRA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/1ed1a970f1c946f19665602b66b5bb1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scandal-ridden NRA head LaPierre digs in against gun control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Politics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/07\/trump-gun-access-restrictions-1449663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump quietly used regulations to expand gun access<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/Press\/files\/20190807.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaker Heastie Statement on Stronger National Gun Laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/binghamton\/politics\/2019\/08\/07\/heastie--nation-should-self-reflect-on-guns-after-mass-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heastie: Nation Should Self-Reflect On Guns After Mass Shootings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/citylimits.org\/2019\/08\/08\/from-brownsville-to-el-paso-to-albany-ny-gun-control-advocates-map-next-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From Brownsville to El Paso to Albany: NY Gun Control Advocates Map Next Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/ny-andrea-stewart-cousins-cuomo-ammo-database-gun-laws-20190809-dl3pmizz7jcrfmzhtnujc6hxyi-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EXCLUSIVE: Stewart-Cousins calls out Cuomo over unfulfilled promise to create ammo database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evesun.com\/news\/stories\/2019-08-07\/31696\/It%e2%80%99s-mental-illness-and-criminals-that-are-the-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s Mental Illness And Criminals That Are The Problem<\/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%3D19673&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=19673\">&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=19673\"><\/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=19673\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday&#8217;s Newsbits: Today @ 10:00am \u2013 New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, gun control advocates and others hold a press conference to announce new funding for gun and gang violence prevention programs, District Office, 573 E. 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