{"id":2406,"date":"2010-10-02T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2010-10-02T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T18:00:31","slug":"news-of-the-day-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"News of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Candidate ratings are now online at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysrpa-pvf.org\" target=\"_blank\">PVF<\/a> website. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forsytheforassembly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Forsythe<\/a> is pleased with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gouverneurtimes.com\/gt-north-country-news-article\/18199-statement-by-david-forsythe-candidate-for-the-118th-assembly-district.html\" target=\"_blank\">his endorsement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrapvf.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> has not yet posted theirs for New York yet, but some have been notified of their grades. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstengillibrand.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a> received an <strong>F<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Helmke<\/a> says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailygazette.com\/weblogs\/votes-notes\/2010\/oct\/01\/100110_lombardoblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">she should be proud of it<\/a>. \u00a0Given that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\" target=\"_blank\">Real Clear Politics<\/a> has downgraded her seat from <strong>Likely Democrat<\/strong> to <strong>Lean Democrat<\/strong> I&#8217;m thinking she&#8217;s not.<\/p>\n<p>Gun rights in the CD-23 race, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ynews\/20101001\/pl_ynews\/ynews_pl3790\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Owens v. Matt Doheny<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dohenyforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Doheny<\/a> is pleased the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoguncase.com\" target=\"_blank\">McDonald v. City of Chicago<\/a> extended the right to gun ownership to all citizens, reversing strict gun control laws. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billowensforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Owens<\/a> feels a national standard for carrying concealed firearms is needed and that gun owners should be protected in bankruptcy procedures &#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%3D2406&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=2406\">&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=2406\"><\/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=2406\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidate ratings are now online at the PVF website. \u00a0David Forsythe is pleased with his endorsement. 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