{"id":32232,"date":"2013-01-17T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/jon-stewart-on-the-nra-the-atf-and-gun-laws.html"},"modified":"2013-01-17T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T22:37:05","slug":"jon-stewart-on-the-nra-the-atf-and-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/jon-stewart-on-the-nra-the-atf-and-gun-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart on the NRA, the ATF, and Gun Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all that the pro-gun folks at the NRA\u00a0keep saying we don&#39;t need new gun laws, we just need to enforce the ones we have &#8230; they&#39;ve sure done a great job making sure the ATF can&#39;t do that very\u00a0thing.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom<\/a><br \/>Part 2:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom---atf\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom&#8212;atf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, best NRA and ATF wisecracks ever.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/thedailyshow.mtvnimages.com\/images\/shows\/tds\/videos\/season_18\/18045\/ds_18045_01_v6.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom'>Daily Show: There Goes the Boom<\/a><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QbveFXUjPxB' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all that the pro-gun folks at the NRA\u00a0keep saying we don&#39;t need new gun laws, we just need to enforce the ones we have &#8230; they&#39;ve sure done a great job making sure the ATF can&#39;t do that very\u00a0thing. Part 1:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boomPart 2:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-january-16-2013\/there-goes-the-boom&#8212;atf As a bonus, best NRA and ATF wisecracks ever. Embedded Link Daily &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/jon-stewart-on-the-nra-the-atf-and-gun-laws.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jon Stewart on the NRA, the ATF, and Gun Laws&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129368,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/dear-nra-when-youve-lost-even-bill-oreilly-youve-got-a-problem.html","url_meta":{"origin":32232,"position":0},"title":"Dear NRA: When you&#039;ve lost even Bill O&#039;Reilly, you&#039;ve got a problem","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Jan-16 9:18am","format":false,"excerpt":"Quoth O'Reilly, \"The NRA and the gun owners should be reasonable. 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