{"id":1870,"date":"2014-01-08T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/01\/08\/sha-na-na-hey-hey-hey-goodbye\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:23:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:26","slug":"sha-na-na-hey-hey-hey-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Sha-Na-Na, Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12320,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newsday.com\\\/long-island\\\/nassau\\\/rep-carolyn-mccarthy-i-won-t-run-for-re-election-1.6757185&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.newsday.com\\\/long-island\\\/nassau\\\/rep-carolyn-mccarthy-i-won-t-run-for-re-election-1.6757185&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12321,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/08\\\/breaking-news-new-jersey-court-ruling-carolyn-mccarthy&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260119015010\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/08\\\/breaking-news-new-jersey-court-ruling-carolyn-mccarthy\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:52:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 19:23:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 17:11:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 17:11:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12322,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.businessweek.com\\\/ap\\\/2014-01-08\\\/house-dems-mccarthy-mcintyre-to-retire&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.businessweek.com:443\\\/ap\\\/2014-01-08\\\/house-dems-mccarthy-mcintyre-to-retire&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12323,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/mccarthy-crowing.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250519121545\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/mccarthy-crowing.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 10:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 03:17:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 21:06:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-02 03:54:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-02 03:54:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/nassau\/rep-carolyn-mccarthy-i-won-t-run-for-re-election-1.6757185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagunblog.com\/2014\/01\/08\/breaking-news-new-jersey-court-ruling-carolyn-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) announced today<\/a> that she would not be seeking re-election after serving nine terms in the US House of Representatives.&nbsp; McCarthy, who made her name by pushing gun control bills in Congress, has lung cancer and has been undergoing treatment for the last six months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/nassau\/rep-carolyn-mccarthy-i-won-t-run-for-re-election-1.6757185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Newsday<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>For the past 17 years, McCarthy has built a public career on her gun-control work, but she said her legacy also is about strong bipartisan ties and the legislation she has passed on health, education, and finance.<\/p>\n<p>She became an activist and then candidate for Congress after gunman Colin Ferguson killed six, including her husband Dennis, and wounded 19, including her son Kevin, on a Hicksville-bound Long Island Rail Road on Dec. 7, 1993. McCarthy acknowledged she has become a public face for the cause of gun control after every tragedy since.<\/p>\n<p>But after the outpouring support for legislation to curb gun violence following the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Conn., school in December 2012, she said she was convinced that <b>others can step up as the new faces of the gun-control movement.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s something that I have been thinking about really from the half past year,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and after what happened at Newtown, so many voices came out &#8230; and their voices were so strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She cited <b>Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman critically wounded in a shooting two years ago Wednesday, and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg as two of her key successors in advocating gun control<\/b>.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/2014-01-08\/house-dems-mccarthy-mcintyre-to-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Also retiring at the same time<\/a> as McCarthy is Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC) who is one of the few remaining pro-gun Blue Dog Democrats in the House. McIntyre has an A rating from the NRA-PVF and was endorsed by them in 2012. He won re-election by less than 1,000 votes. His seat will most likely go Republican in this year&#8217;s Congressional elections.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I was labeled a &#8220;gun extremist&#8221; by Ladd Everitt and CSGV was due to a post I made about McCarthy&#8217;s efforts to pass her standard capacity mag ban (HR 308) back in 2011. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/mccarthy-crowing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I concluded that post with this comment and, what I said then, is still true today.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Like McCarthy, I was widowed in 1993. My wife died from breast cancer at<br \/>\n the age of 42. Neither event was supposed to happen but they did. As<br \/>\nharsh as it may sound, life goes on and we need to deal with it. To<br \/>\nexpect &#8211; and even demand &#8211; continued sympathy from an event that<br \/>\nhappened over 17 years ago like McCarthy seems to want to do is sad. It<br \/>\nis sad that McCarthy hasn&#8217;t really moved on with her life and sad<br \/>\nbecause she is using the tragic death of her husband as a means of<br \/>\npolitical gain.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAnd thus, on her retirement, I dedicate this to Rep. McCarthy. Some may call it cruel and classless but I still think it is quite appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6RoOwSKI7M\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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