{"id":209,"date":"2009-09-06T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T11:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2009-09-06T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T11:43:07","slug":"lack-of-critical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Lack of critical thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This bit of\u00a0absurdity comes from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasongooljar.com\/2009\/08\/25\/the-nra-wont-let-its-own-employees-bring-guns-to-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Working Families Party Man<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA\u2019s<\/a> two-tower complex is filled with gun lobbyists, a museum and even a shooting range. But I couldn\u2019t find one word about the thousands of Americans killed every year by guns. The receptionist told us that the NRA won\u2019t allow him to have a gun at work, even if he wanted one. The NRA apparently thinks it\u2019s safer with its own staff unarmed in NRA headquarters. Yet the NRA is working to force loaded guns into our own workplaces, schools, and communities. That was from an email sent by an intern at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Center<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this were true, then why would NRA have a shooting range available to staff at HQ?  Hello, McFly!<\/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%3D209&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=209\">&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=209\"><\/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=209\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bit of\u00a0absurdity comes from the Working Families Party Man: &#8220;&#8230; The NRA\u2019s two-tower complex is filled with gun lobbyists, a museum and even a shooting range. But I couldn\u2019t find one word about the thousands of Americans killed every year by guns. 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