{"id":7126,"date":"2012-12-21T15:30:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2012-12-21T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:32:06","slug":"it-sucked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7126","title":{"rendered":"It Sucked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> had a <a href=\"http:\/\/home.nra.org\/pdf\/Transcript_PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">press conference<\/a> today to address the Newtown murders.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It sucked<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>They should have spent a lot more time talking about mental health issues as opposed to arming school personnel. \u00a0The culture wars crap, blaming video games and movies, reminded me of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tipper_Gore\" target=\"_blank\">Tipper Gore<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parents_Music_Resource_Center\" target=\"_blank\">PMRC<\/a> attacking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twistedsister.com\" target=\"_blank\">Twisted Sister<\/a> in the 80s. \u00a0Their\u00a0rhetoric was not helpful for us in New York.<\/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%3D7126&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=7126\">&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=7126\"><\/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=7126\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRA had a press conference today to address the Newtown murders. It sucked. They should have spent a lot more time talking about mental health issues as opposed to arming school personnel. \u00a0The culture wars crap, blaming video games and movies, reminded me of Tipper Gore and the PMRC attacking Twisted Sister in the 80s. 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