{"id":6645,"date":"2012-09-04T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T23:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6645"},"modified":"2012-09-04T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T23:36:08","slug":"new-york-is-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6645","title":{"rendered":"New York is #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California may be #1 on the Brady Campaign&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\/media\/press\/view\/1468\/\" target=\"_blank\">scorecard<\/a> for gun control laws, but New York is #1 where it counts: <a href=\"http:\/\/politicker.com\/2012\/09\/weve-still-got-it-when-it-comes-to-corrupt-pols-new-york-is-still-tops\/\" target=\"_blank\">corruption<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0 From 1976 to 2010,\u00a0New York had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uic.edu\/depts\/pols\/ChicagoPolitics\/leadingthepack.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the most corruption convictions<\/a> of public officials of any state anywhere in the country, weighing in at a cool 2,522 convictions &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/images\/tammany-vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"550\" \/><\/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%3D6645&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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