{"id":7717,"date":"2013-03-12T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7717"},"modified":"2013-03-12T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:24:51","slug":"trading-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=7717","title":{"rendered":"Trading votes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/timothy-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Tim Kennedy<\/a> trade his antigun vote for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springvillejournal.com\/weekly_features_columns\/610-Rod,_Gun__Game_Albany_SAFE_Act_rally_draws_15,000_firearm_owners.html\" target=\"_blank\">promised economic support<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0Kennedy said that he would never support an anti-gun bill, but, since then, he has done just that. \u00a0After 30 minutes of discussion, Kennedy\u2019s assistant admitted, \u201cWNY is in need of economic assistance. \u00a0That assistance needs to come from Albany and, sometimes, it is not possible to support all of the interests of all the constituents.\u201d \u00a0Does that mean that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution\/second_amendment\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment<\/a> rights have been traded for local economic support? &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good question.<\/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%3D7717&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=7717\">&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=7717\"><\/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=7717\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Senator Tim Kennedy trade his antigun vote for promised economic support? 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