{"id":6438,"date":"2012-07-26T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T13:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6438"},"modified":"2012-07-26T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T13:10:19","slug":"still-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6438","title":{"rendered":"Still nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The antis and their leftist media allies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/mayor-michael-bloomberg-demands-action-gun-control-article-1.1119629\" target=\"_blank\">have been screaming<\/a> for the past week for more gun control. \u00a0What it got them? \u00a0Still nothing. \u00a0Both <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/2012\/07\/obama-takes-stronger-stance-on-gun-control.html\" target=\"_blank\">Romney and Obama are avoiding the issue<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; On Wednesday the two candidates finally elaborated on the issue, and offered divergent opinions. In an interview with <a href=\"www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032619\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\" target=\"_blank\">Romney<\/a> suggested that no new gun legislation is needed, and made a confusing statement about suspect James Holmes obtaining weapons illegally (later his campaign acknowledged that Holmes bought guns legally, and said he was referring to the bombs in Holmes&#8217;s apartment). On Wednesday evening while speaking before the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Urban_League\" target=\"_blank\">National Urban League<\/a> convention, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\" target=\"_blank\">Obama<\/a> said he supports greater gun control. It was his most in-depth discussion of the issue as president, yet Obama was vague on what exactly he plans to do &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not true. \u00a0Both candidates positions are perfectly clear: they want nothing to do with gun control. \u00a0They know <a href=\"http:\/\/frontpagemag.com\/2012\/jlaksin\/america\u2019s-new-gun-control-consensus\/\" target=\"_blank\">the issue is a stinker<\/a> with the American public and they know that associating with antigun advocates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/after-colorado-shootings-nra-muscle-chills-congress-gun-control-talk\/2012\/07\/25\/gJQAAPmF9W_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">hurts them politically<\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-503544_162-57479010-503544\/democrats-we-cant-let-the-nra-stop-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">The antis simply refuse to accept that<\/a>.<\/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%3D6438&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=6438\">&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=6438\"><\/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=6438\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The antis and their leftist media allies have been screaming for the past week for more gun control. \u00a0What it got them? \u00a0Still nothing. \u00a0Both Romney and Obama are avoiding the issue: &#8220;&#8230; On Wednesday the two candidates finally elaborated on the issue, and offered divergent opinions. 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