{"id":1971,"date":"2010-07-22T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2010-07-22T16:42:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T20:42:43","slug":"news-of-the-day-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"News of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nssf.org\" target=\"_blank\">NSSF<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/i\/gun-group-supports-firearms-microstamping-study\" target=\"_blank\">pushing a federal bill<\/a> to study the viability of microstamping technology.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emailwire.com\/release\/44696-New-York-Criminal-Defense-Law-Firm-Tilem-Campbell-Scores-Another-Big-Victory-in-Queens-Gun-Charge-Case.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York City law firm is gloating<\/a> about getting a charge of carrying a loaded firearm reduced to a violation for a traveler transporting a pistol in their luggage at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panynj.gov\/airports\/laguardia.html\" target=\"_blank\">LaGuardia Airport<\/a>. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know why they didn&#8217;t go for outright dismissal under the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act\" target=\"_blank\">FOPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Someone is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/ASPStories\/Story.asp?StoryID=953015\" target=\"_blank\">taking a cheap shot<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ball4ny.com\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Ball<\/a> over his press release calling for keeping pistol license information confidential.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly Republicans are looking for votes this fall. \u00a0The latest newsletter from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Albany-NY\/New-York-State-Assembly-Minority-Sportsmen-Caucus\/416131307537\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsman Caucus<\/a> highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briankolb.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Kolb<\/a> receiving the <a href=\"http:\/\/readme.readmedia.com\/New-York-State-Rifle-Pistol-Association-Names-Assemblyman-Brian-Kolb-2010-Legislator-of-the-Year\/1450649\" target=\"_blank\">Legislator of the Year Award<\/a> and mentions <em>&#8220;Speaking at a meeting of the Washington County Federation of Sportsmen&#8217;s Clubs early this spring to discuss Second Amendment legislation &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congressional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/141512\/Congress-Ranks-Last-Confidence-Institutions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">approval is at 11%<\/a>. \u00a0That&#8217;s change we can all believe in.<\/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%3D1971&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=1971\">&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=1971\"><\/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=1971\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSSF is pushing a federal bill to study the viability of microstamping technology. 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