{"id":6866,"date":"2012-10-31T10:11:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6866"},"modified":"2012-10-31T10:11:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:11:56","slug":"steck-v-whalen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6866","title":{"rendered":"Steck v. Whalen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/fa109.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AD-109<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/steckforassembly.com\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Steck<\/a> is running a television ad attacking <a href=\"http:\/\/whalenforassembly.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Whalen<\/a> for supporting, among other things, CCW. \u00a0While it is not unusual for candidates to bring up their opponents stand on guns and\/or endorsements from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysrpa.org\" target=\"_blank\">NYSRPA<\/a>, I cannot recall anyone trying to make that an issue in a paid political ad. \u00a0He&#8217;s not likely to get any $support out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyagv.org\" target=\"_blank\">NYAGV<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brady<\/a>, etc. for doing it.<\/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%3D6866&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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