{"id":20334,"date":"2019-10-17T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20334"},"modified":"2019-10-17T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:03:56","slug":"white-plains-gun-shows-pushed-damon-maher-into-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=20334","title":{"rendered":"White Plains gun shows pushed Damon Maher into office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electdamonmaher.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Westchester County legislator Damon Maher<\/a> is running for re-election and wants everyone to know <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/newrochelle\/2019-candidate-profile-damon-maher-county-legislator\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">what prompted him to run for office<\/a> in the first place:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job? &#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/local\/westchester\/2018\/02\/05\/westchester-county-center-gun-show-ban-now-its-law\/1051033001\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">We also banned the gun show from our County Center<\/a> as soon as our new <a href=\"https:\/\/westchesterdems.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic majority<\/a> took office, the must-do item that pushed me into elective politics in the first place &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\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%3D20334&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=20334\">&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=20334\"><\/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=20334\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westchester County legislator Damon Maher is running for re-election and wants everyone to know what prompted him to run for office in the first place: &#8220;What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job? 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