{"id":298,"date":"2009-10-01T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2009-10-01T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T15:14:16","slug":"learn-from-aborn-yassky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Learn from Aborn & Yassky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aborn’s<\/a> and Yassky’s<\/a> defeats show some important points which will help us down the line:<\/p>\n

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  1. Gun control isn’t a winning issue even in NYC. \u00a0Both candidates made guns a central issue in their campaigns and it did not help either of them one bit. \u00a0NYC Democrats had a clear choice between the gun control candidate and someone else. \u00a0They choose the someone else.<\/li>\n
  2. There’s no money in gun control. \u00a0Aborn got a whopping $1000<\/a> from the Brady’s<\/a>, Yassky got nothing. \u00a0This is insignificant in races which cost millions of dollars.<\/li>\n
  3. There is no grassroots in gun control. \u00a0Where were the GOTV<\/a> efforts from NYAGV<\/a>? \u00a0Mailings, advertisements, signs, phone banks? \u00a0I didn’t see any of that.<\/li>\n
  4. We can play in races anywhere in the state. \u00a0Most of the gun control bills in Albany are sponsored by NYC Democrats who do not think we can touch them in their districts. \u00a0This proves them wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n