{"id":4510,"date":"2011-08-30T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2011-08-30T21:31:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:31:05","slug":"so-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4510","title":{"rendered":"So what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Politico, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0811\/62368.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Perry wakes up the left<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; \u201cHe is beyond what we expect from conservative Republicans on the gun issue,\u201d said Dennis Henigan, the acting president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence<\/a>, who cited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickperry.org\" target=\"_blank\">Perry\u2019s<\/a> support for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2011\/05\/10\/national\/main20061383.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">gun rights on college campuses<\/a> and said it was a sharp contrast with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\" target=\"_blank\">Romney\u2019s<\/a> \u201cmoderate\u201d record. \u00a0Perry\u2019s rise, he said, had already become \u201ca strong mobilizing force\u201d for gun control activists, whose agenda has been largely ignored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Obama administration<\/a> &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who cares what Denny thinks. \u00a0If the antis had the ability to organize politically, then why has Obama (who sympathizes with them) ignored their agenda? \u00a0The reality is that the Brady&#8217;s do not have the ability to affect neither the GOP nomination nor the &#8217;12 general election. \u00a0Gun control is becoming such a stinker of an issue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalgazette.net\/article\/20110624\/LOCAL\/306249930\/1002\/LOCAL\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Helmke bailed out<\/a> leaving Denny in charge. \u00a0No matter how he tries to spin it, things are not looking up for the antis.<\/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%3D4510&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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