{"id":3347,"date":"2011-01-29T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T15:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2011-01-29T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T15:41:47","slug":"wishful-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3347","title":{"rendered":"Wishful thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of wishful thinking on the part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Helmke<\/a>. \u00a0The only resurgence of support for gun control is coming from crap media outlets and kook politicians like <a href=\"http:\/\/carolynmccarthy.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Carolyn McCarthy<\/a>. \u00a0Even the New York Times admitted a couple of weeks ago that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/10\/support-for-gun-control-has-dropped-in-recent-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">Support for Gun Control Has Dropped in Recent Years<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"535\" height=\"325\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/_YD-q60VG4E?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/_YD-q60VG4E?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"535\" height=\"325\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/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%3D3347&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; 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