{"id":7266,"date":"2013-01-12T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T13:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2013-01-12T08:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T13:14:36","slug":"the-real-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7266","title":{"rendered":"The real agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some agenda rumormongering.<\/p>\n

On Cuomo’s goals<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Times reports that what Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a> yesterday described as “the toughest assault weapons ban in the country” would copy California’s definition of forbidden firearms. In addition to a list of specific models, California’s law covers guns that meet certain criteria …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Obama’s goals<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0The Obama administration<\/a> is pushing back hard on a Friday New York Times report that Vice President Biden and White House officials have calculated it\u2019s politically impossible to get an assault weapons ban through the divided Congress and have therefore shifted their focus to other more palatable gun violence prevention aims like universal background checks and regulations on high-capacity magazines …\u00a0While a failure by Obama to deliver a ban after his strong words following the Newtown shooting would likely be seen as a political loss in general, gun control advocates in particular say otherwise. The priority for them, they say, is universal background checks …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n