{"id":25470,"date":"2022-06-01T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=25470"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:43:40","slug":"really-not-a-smart-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=25470","title":{"rendered":"Really not a smart man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some more on Rep. Jacob’s stupidity<\/a> at Buffalo Rising<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Congressman Chris Jacobs<\/a> shocked the political world last week with his announcement of support<\/a> for proposals by Governor Kathy Hochul<\/a> and others to restrict some gun purchases in the state by the age of the buyer, plus other reforms. Jacobs\u2019 story has received national attention … Jacobs\u2019 announcement of his change of heart about the issue (he ran with NRA support in 2020<\/a>) has set his party into chaos. After settling on Jacobs as their candidate in the new 23rd congressional district<\/a> … the party is now in a frantic search for a candidate to oppose Jacobs in the August 23rd primary<\/strong> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All he had to do was be quiet and let gun control advocates shoot themselves in the foot<\/a> like they usually do. Instead, he tried for some cheap political gain and it backfired on him.<\/p>\n