{"id":3299,"date":"2011-01-26T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3299"},"modified":"2011-01-26T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:00:19","slug":"legislative-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3299","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lobby day went well yesterday. \u00a0The crowd was about the same size as last year despite some bad weather south of Albany and we filled &#8220;The Well&#8221; again.<\/p>\n<p>Antigun bigot <a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/mem\/Michelle-Schimel\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Schimel<\/a> was not happy we were coming and sent out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/populist-in-long-island\/schimel-renews-call-for-sensible-gun-control-on-nys-rifle-assn-s-lobby-day\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> hoping to intimidate us. \u00a0It didn&#8217;t work. \u00a0Schimel decided to go into hiding so none of her constituents could meet with her and by the time I went around to her office the door was closed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some media reports from around the state:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/wamc\/news.newsmain\/article\/0\/0\/1754044\/WAMC.New.York.News\/2nd.Annual.Sportsmen..and..Outdoor.Recreation.Legislative.Awareness.Day\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Annual Sportsmen &amp; Outdoor Recreation Legislative Awareness Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/capitalregion.ynn.com\/content\/top_stories\/531248\/2nd-annual-sportsmen-s-legislative-awareness-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">2nd annual Sportsmen&#8217;s Legislative Awareness Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/local\/article\/Great-divide-over-guns-977703.php\" target=\"_blank\">Great divide over guns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/54602\/nra-gop-senate-in-ny-is-a-firewall-against-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\">NRA: GOP state Senate a \u2018firewall\u2019 against restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.registerstar.com\/articles\/2011\/01\/26\/columnists\/outdoors\/doc4d3fa50282d14293455363.txt\" target=\"_blank\">Gunowner gathering makes politicians aware<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailynewsonline.com\/news\/article_b84d3e3c-78e2-533b-b1e1-6e48218de17e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hawley participates in Sportsmen&#8217;s Day in Albany<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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%3D3299&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=3299\">&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=3299\"><\/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=3299\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lobby day went well yesterday. \u00a0The crowd was about the same size as last year despite some bad weather south of Albany and we filled &#8220;The Well&#8221; again. 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