{"id":7444,"date":"2013-02-07T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2013-02-07T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T15:37:26","slug":"biden-urges-democrats-to-commit-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7444","title":{"rendered":"Biden urges Democrats to commit suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Biden<\/a> urges Congressional Democrats to take up gun control<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives<\/a> on Wednesday to comply with public demands for action to reduce gun violence … “I don’t want to hear about ‘well we can’t take it on because it’s too politically dangerous,'” Biden told House Democrats<\/a> at the opening of a three-day retreat. “There’s an overwhelming consensus about the need to act.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First off, the public is not<\/span> demanding any sort of action in support of more gun control.<\/p>\n

Second, look how well things have gone for Gov. Cuomo<\/a> after jumping on the bandwagon:<\/p>\n

“Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo\u2019s<\/a> approval rating has fallen sharply among New York voters since he pushed restrictive gun laws through the Legislature, a poll released on Wednesday said. Fifty-nine percent said they approved of Mr. Cuomo\u2019s job performance, down 15 percentage points from his 74 percent approval rating last month, the Quinnipiac University<\/a> poll found …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n