{"id":8158,"date":"2013-04-18T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8158"},"modified":"2013-04-18T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T20:58:02","slug":"accountability-killed-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8158","title":{"rendered":"Accountability killed gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"

What stopped gun control<\/a> in the Senate<\/a>?<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Senator Joe Manchin<\/a> of West Virginia says there would have been 70 votes for the plan to expand background checks for gun buyers. \u00a0But the NRA<\/a> said it would include the gun vote on report cards that show whether candidates support gun rights …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, if Senators would not be held accountable, it would have past. \u00a0As I told the WNYC reporter<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Claims that the NRA bought the failed gun control vote with campaign contributions is absurd, according to Jacob Rieper, the vice president of legislative and political affairs with the New York Pistol and Rifle Association<\/a>, New York\u2019s NRA affiliate. \u00a0\u201cVoters value NRA endorsements,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cThe NRA represents literally millions of people around the country and that’s why they win. \u00a0People like their endorsements.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently Mayor Bloomberg’s threat<\/a> that Senators would\u00a0“face the consequences of their actions in the next elections” <\/em>doesn’t have a similar value.<\/p>\n