{"id":24313,"date":"2021-09-10T18:29:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24313"},"modified":"2021-09-10T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:29:41","slug":"demonic-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24313","title":{"rendered":"Demonic obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jumaanewilliams.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams<\/a> is the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/21\/donald-trump-everything-woke-turns-to-st\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wokest<\/a>&#8221; person I know and the Daily News has this great quote from him in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-nyc-gun-violence-chuck-schumer-eric-adams-20210910-54vhgewg3zh2vfmcd7mmwvllza-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">today&#8217;s paper<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/us-gun-sales-reach-400-million\/ar-AAO3OBB\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Firearm purchases have spiked in the U.S.<\/a> during the coronavirus pandemic, and Williams declared that a <strong>\u201cdemonic obsession\u201d<\/strong> with guns grips the country. But he suggested there is reason for hope even if cities cannot rid their streets of weapons. \u201cEven if all those guns are here, our young people did not have to pick them up,\u201d he said. \u201cThey can find a better way.\u201d &#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%3D24313&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=24313\">&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=24313\"><\/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=24313\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is the &#8220;wokest&#8221; person I know and the Daily News has this great quote from him in today&#8217;s paper: &#8220;&#8230; Firearm purchases have spiked in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic, and Williams declared that a \u201cdemonic obsession\u201d with guns grips the country. 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