{"id":3740,"date":"2011-03-28T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2011-03-28T18:53:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T22:53:49","slug":"admitting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3740","title":{"rendered":"Admitting it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3707\">last weeks posting<\/a>, the Miami Herald acknowledges the obvious, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2011\/03\/28\/2138591\/30-years-after-reagan-shot-outlook.html\" target=\"_blank\">30 years after Reagan shot, outlook dim for gun control<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Gun-control advocates, including Reagan&#8217;s wounded press secretary, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Brady\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Brady<\/a>, will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\/media\/press\/view\/1366\/\" target=\"_blank\">use the day to launch a renewed push<\/a> for curbs on guns. \u00a0Once again, chances are they won&#8217;t get very far &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">President Barack Obama<\/a>, though he urged gun-control action in <a href=\"http:\/\/azstarnet.com\/article_011e7118-8951-5206-a878-39bfbc9dc89d.html\" target=\"_blank\">an essay March 13<\/a> in the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, hasn&#8217;t made a strong push. Congress is likely to remain preoccupied with budget battles, with lawmakers unlikely to tackle the divisive issue of guns &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The antis are losing and it&#8217;s good to see at least some lamestream media outlets admitting it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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%3D3740&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=3740\">&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=3740\"><\/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=3740\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going back to last weeks posting, the Miami Herald acknowledges the obvious, &#8220;30 years after Reagan shot, outlook dim for gun control&#8220;: &#8220;Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. 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