{"id":2551,"date":"2010-10-25T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2010-10-25T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T13:28:53","slug":"missing-the-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Missing the target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Senatorial debates yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townsendfornewyork.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Townsend<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recordonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20101025\/NEWS\/10250322\" target=\"_blank\">asserted<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckschumer.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> has a pistol license:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; While fielding a question on gun control, Townsend claimed that Schumer had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Schumer said that assertion was &#8220;a lie.&#8221; &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is true. \u00a0Neither Chuck nor his wife or daughters have pistol licenses. \u00a0It&#8217;s a long running internet myth that he has a NYC pistol license. \u00a0Townsend&#8217;s campaign should have done their homework because Schumer&#8217;s campaign<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/33450\/chuck-schumer-says-hes-not-armed\/\" target=\"_blank\"> easily backed up their defense<\/a>. \u00a0The one who does have a license, from California, is <a href=\"http:\/\/feinstein.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a>.<\/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%3D2551&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=2551\">&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=2551\"><\/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=2551\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Senatorial debates yesterday, Jay Townsend asserted that Chuck Schumer has a pistol license: &#8220;&#8230; While fielding a question on gun control, Townsend claimed that Schumer had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. 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