{"id":25988,"date":"2022-07-31T07:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T11:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=25988"},"modified":"2022-07-31T07:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T11:11:10","slug":"jacobs-flips-the-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=25988","title":{"rendered":"Jacobs&#8217; flips the bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> passed their so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/29\/politics\/house-vote-assault-weapons-ban\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221;<\/a> by a vote of 217-213.<\/p>\n<p>The two Republicans who put it over the top were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Jacobs_(politician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Jacobs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianfitzpatrick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Fitzpatrick<\/a> of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Jacobs&#8217; vote being a middle finger to his constituents after having to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/03\/chris-jacobs-ends-ny-reelection-bid-after-gun-control-blowback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end his re-election campaign<\/a> specifically because of this issue.<\/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%3D25988&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=25988\">&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=25988\"><\/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=25988\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed their so-called &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221; by a vote of 217-213. 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