{"id":426,"date":"2009-11-23T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=426"},"modified":"2009-11-23T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T14:08:25","slug":"you-certainly-dont-need-guns-to-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"You certainly don&#8217;t need guns to protect yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/news\/articles\/144874\" target=\"_blank\">According to Mayor Mike<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> &#8230; &#8220;In New York City, you certainly don&#8217;t need guns to protect yourself,&#8221; he says &#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Guess he doesn&#8217;t read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/local\/killer_off_the_rails_sWIywNVYNMeStzFKaAyKOL\" target=\"_blank\">the Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The seething straphanger who slashed a subway rider to death in front of petrified passengers was unprovoked and belligerent from the moment he stepped on the train, witnesses and authorities said yesterday &#8230; riders were stuck in the car with the killer &#8230; until the train pulled into the Seventh Avenue station minutes later &#8230;&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\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%3D426&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=426\">&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=426\"><\/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=426\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Mayor Mike: &#8230; 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