{"id":8148,"date":"2013-04-18T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T12:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8148"},"modified":"2013-04-18T08:33:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T12:33:44","slug":"antigun-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8148","title":{"rendered":"Antigun meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behold and laugh at the antigun meltdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bloomberg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Today’s vote is a damning indictment of the stranglehold that special interests have on Washington. More than 40 U.S. senators would rather turn their backs on the 90 percent of Americans who support comprehensive background checks than buck the increasingly extremist wing of the gun lobby …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Governor Cuomo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The Senate\u2019s<\/a> failure to pass a bipartisan measure that is supported by the vast majority of American people is a sad statement on the power of extremists to stand in the way of reason and common sense …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eric Schneiderman<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The failure to pass even the most basic measures to expand background checks for gun sales, despite near-universal support from the American people, is a disgrace …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chuck Schumer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… When you’re in NYC, it’s hard to realize how powerful the NRA<\/a> is …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

.@samsteinhp<\/a> The industry and its front group, the National Rearm-felons Association, doesn’t make $$ denying guns to straw purchasers.<\/p>\n

— NYS A\/M Kavanagh (@BrianKavanaghNY) April 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n