{"id":24073,"date":"2021-07-11T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24073"},"modified":"2021-07-11T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:41:47","slug":"adams-calls-for-real-federal-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24073","title":{"rendered":"Adams calls for &#8220;real federal legislation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ericadams2021.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Adams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/06\/nyregion\/eric-adams-wins.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the Democrat primary<\/a> making him likely the next Mayor of NYC.  While being interviewed by CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/11\/politics\/eric-adams-democrats-gun-violence-cnntv\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; On the issue of gun control, Adams also said it the focus should not only be on assault rifles, but also on handguns. &#8220;The numbers of those who are killed by handguns are astronomical and if we don&#8217;t start having <strong>real federal legislation<\/strong>, matched with states and cities, we&#8217;re never going to get this crisis understand control,&#8221; he said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What he means by that is unclear to me.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is up against <a href=\"https:\/\/sliwaforny.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Sliwa<\/a> in the general election.  I cannot recall Sliwa ever calling for 2A reforms.<\/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%3D24073&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=24073\">&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=24073\"><\/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=24073\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Adams won the Democrat primary making him likely the next Mayor of NYC. 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