{"id":6537,"date":"2012-08-11T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2012-08-11T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:18:08","slug":"david-berkowitz-gun-control-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6537","title":{"rendered":"David Berkowitz, gun control advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would have thought that the antis were scrapping the bottom when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6527\">they trotted out Eliot Spitzer<\/a>, but Oh, no. \u00a0Their latest spokesman is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/son-of-sam-killer-david-berkowitz-talks-from-ny-prison-take-the-glory-out-of-guns\/2012\/08\/10\/880cff8a-e2ed-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Son of Sam&#8221; David Berkowtiz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;David Berkowitz, who shot and killed six people during a yearlong spree in New York City in the 1970s, says \u201csociety has to take the glory out of guns.\u201d &#8230; \u201cI\u2019m looking beyond gun control. \u00a0That\u2019s for the legislators to wrangle with,\u201d Berkowitz, 59, said. \u00a0\u201cMy hope is just that young people would understand just how terrible this violence is. \u00a0When they use a gun against someone else, they ruin their lives too. \u00a0It\u2019s not worth it.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This coming from the guy who murdered six people and wounded several more because he claimed his neighbor&#8217;s dog told him to.<\/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%3D6537&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=6537\">&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=6537\"><\/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=6537\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would have thought that the antis were scrapping the bottom when they trotted out Eliot Spitzer, but Oh, no. \u00a0Their latest spokesman is &#8220;Son of Sam&#8221; 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