{"id":9463,"date":"2013-12-17T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2013-12-17T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:08:00","slug":"off-the-deep-end-with-senator-klein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9463","title":{"rendered":"Off the deep end with Senator Klein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Klein<\/a> decided to respond to our response<\/a> to his outburst last week:<\/p>\n

“Tom King\u2019s remarks are despicable and have no place in the court of public opinion. For him to claim that our state\u2019s watershed gun control laws are somehow making women more vulnerable to sexual attacks is downright abhorrent. If Tom King was actually serious about protecting women, he would have joined me back in 2003 when I championed the repeal of the statute of limitations for rape prosecutions. Every credible statistic proves that smart gun control legislation like the SAFE Act effectively reduces gun crimes. I invite Tom King to come down to the Bronx anytime to meet the mothers, fathers, and children who are devastated by gun crimes almost every day.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What possessed him to do this is beyond me. \u00a0All it does is diminish his own stature even more then his first outburst did<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Several points:<\/p>\n

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  1. He ignores claims by NOW that reported rapes are up. \u00a0He has too, they contradict his assertion that SAFE has made everyone safer.<\/li>\n
  2. He’s never asked for an opinion on any of his bills, let alone one from 10 years ago which was unrelated to gun issues. \u00a0For the sake of argument, let’s assume it was a great piece of legislation. \u00a0According to his own description, it dealt with rape prosecutions<\/span>, not rape prevention<\/span> which is the core of our argument. \u00a0Typical leftist tactic of trying to change the subject.<\/li>\n
  3. He claims that “every credible statistic”<\/em> backs up his original statement that SAFE is good, but fails to provide any collaborating information, then contracts himself the next sentence.<\/li>\n
  4. How can there be people “devastated by gun crimes almost every day”<\/em> if SAFE is working just like he says it is in the previous sentence?<\/li>\n
  5. Other legislators as well as NOW-NYC<\/a> and NYAGV<\/a> aren’t rushing to Klein’s defense.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n