{"id":5928,"date":"2012-01-31T22:28:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T04:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2012-01-31T22:28:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T04:28:29","slug":"big-game-mayors-to-call-for-stricter-gun-control-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/31\/big-game-mayors-to-call-for-stricter-gun-control-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Game Mayors to Call for Stricter Gun Control Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2159\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/2012\/01\/31\/big-game-mayors-to-call-for-stricter-gun-control-laws\/mayor_bloomberg_and_mayor_menino_superbowl_ad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Mayor_Bloomberg_and_Mayor_Menino_Superbowl_ad.jpg?resize=300%2C368\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mayor_Bloomberg_and_Mayor_Menino_Superbowl_ad\" width=\"300\" height=\"368\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2159\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston filming an ad for The Big Game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayors Menino and Bloomberg, of Boston and New York, will field a half minute ad during the Big Game coming up in a few days in which they will call for stricter federal gun control laws. <\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/01\/nyregion\/bloomberg-and-menino-in-super-bowl-ad-for-gun-control.html?_r=1\">reports<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The two mayors are longtime allies on gun control and founders of a group called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\/html\/home\/home.shtml\">Mayors Against Illegal Guns<\/a>, which has pushed for a stronger federal background check system.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Menino shot the ad in New York early Tuesday. And, just as big Super Bowl advertisers like Honda and Volkswagen have been promoting their ads with previews on YouTube, Mr. Bloomberg publicized his at an appearance later Tuesday morning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayors Menino and Bloomberg, of Boston and New York, will field a half minute ad during the Big Game coming up in a few days in which they will call for stricter federal gun control laws. The New York Times reports: The two mayors are longtime allies on gun control and founders of a group &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/31\/big-game-mayors-to-call-for-stricter-gun-control-laws\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Game Mayors to Call for Stricter Gun Control Laws<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[450,290],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1xC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}