{"id":5929,"date":"2012-04-11T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T14:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2012-04-11T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T14:32:55","slug":"daily-news-lies-bloomberg-far-outspends-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5929","title":{"rendered":"Daily News lies: Bloomberg far outspends NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily News is continuing their series of hit pieces with today’s article, “National Rifle Association doles out $217,000 in campaign cash to New York politicians over past 9 years<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… Since 2003, the NRA<\/a> has reported giving New York legislators and political committees $217,400 \u2014 the organization\u2019s largest outlay over that period … Almost half of the donations in New York came in 2010, after the legislative defeat of a microstamping bill, which would have required bullet casings to carry unique markings, campaign records show … The NRA then splashed $92,500 to the state Senate Republican Campaign Committee<\/a> weeks before the 2010 elections, when the GOP won back control of the chamber after two years on the outside …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s a lot of money. \u00a0Surely, they must be buying a lot of influence with it, right?<\/p>\n

Let’s see how much money has Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> been spreading around. \u00a0If you go here<\/a> and type in his name you get:<\/p>\n