{"id":8222,"date":"2013-04-25T09:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8222"},"modified":"2013-04-25T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T13:35:26","slug":"reality-sinking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8222","title":{"rendered":"Reality sinking in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/24\/is-gun-control-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political reality starts sinking in<\/a> at the New York Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Is gun control dead after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> failed to pass so much as an expansion of background checks? \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">White House<\/a> thinks it\u2019s not \u2014 that there will be another chance to have this fight in the future &#8230;\u00a0It\u2019s possible that the White House, Democrats in Congress who believe in gun regulation, and <a href=\"http:\/\/americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\" target=\"_blank\">outside groups like Ms. Giffords\u2019<\/a> can keep up the pressure on this issue until the 2014 elections, and better educate Americans on the state of play. \u00a0But it is going to be a hard task for groups that in recent times have not shown the organization, drive or single-mindedness that exists on the right.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It must have been painful for them to write that. \u00a0Nevertheless, they still refuse to admit gun control is unpopular with the American public, believing the antis (and the Times) can &#8220;better educate&#8221; the redneck sister-fuckers who are too stupid to buy into their agenda. \u00a0Therein lies their fatal logic fault: The public\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span>\u00a0better educated on the issue than they were twenty years ago. \u00a0That is the reason the antis failed.<\/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%3D8222&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=8222\">&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=8222\"><\/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=8222\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political reality starts sinking in at the New York Times: &#8220;Is gun control dead after the Senate failed to pass so much as an expansion of background checks? 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