{"id":9110,"date":"2013-09-27T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T18:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2013-09-27T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T18:50:07","slug":"how-to-get-an-f-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9110","title":{"rendered":"How to get an F rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nystateofpolitics.com\/2013\/09\/eldridge-im-a-gun-owner-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s easy if you try<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0Democratic House hopeful <a href=\"http:\/\/seaneldridge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Eldridge<\/a> today said he owns a shotgun and backs \u201ccommon sense\u201d gun control measures such as enhanced background checks. \u00a0Eldridge, the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonriverventures.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson River Ventures<\/a>, is running for the Hudson Valley seat held by Republican <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Chris Gibson<\/a>. \u00a0\u201cLike most gun owners, I believe in common sense and we can protect the second amendment while also doing common sense things to save innocent lives,\u201d Eldridge said in an interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcny.org\/radio\/capitolpressroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Capitol Pressroom<\/a> with Susan Arbetter. \u201cWe should pass background checks. Congressman Gibson hasn\u2019t signed on to that bill.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\" target=\"_blank\">MAIG<\/a> agenda item he&#8217;s pushing. \u00a0It&#8217;s not as if this was unexpected either. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asmithMAIG\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Smith<\/a>, the NYS Lead for MAIG, retweeted his opening campaign announcement several days ago.<\/p>\n<p>If only more candidates would be this forthcoming it would make doing candidate ratings a lot easier.<\/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%3D9110&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=9110\">&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=9110\"><\/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=9110\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s easy if you try: &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0Democratic House hopeful Sean Eldridge today said he owns a shotgun and backs \u201ccommon sense\u201d gun control measures such as enhanced background checks. \u00a0Eldridge, the founder of Hudson River Ventures, is running for the Hudson Valley seat held by Republican Rep. 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