{"id":2392,"date":"2013-04-08T01:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/04\/08\/i-for-one-wouldnt-miss-old-sob\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:34","slug":"i-for-one-wouldnt-miss-old-sob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"I, For One, Wouldn&#8217;t Miss The Old SOB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13790,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.usatoday.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/politics\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/14\\\/frank-lautenberg-senate-new-jersey-retire\\\/1920375&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.usatoday.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/politics\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/14\\\/frank-lautenberg-senate-new-jersey-retire\\\/1920375&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13791,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/frank-lautenberg-hill-return-unclear-89690.html?hp=l1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nSen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2013\/02\/14\/frank-lautenberg-senate-new-jersey-retire\/1920375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had previously announced that he planned to retire<\/a> at the end of his term in 2014. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/04\/frank-lautenberg-hill-return-unclear-89690.html?hp=l1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">if this article from Politico is accurate<\/a>, he doesn&#8217;t plan to return to the Senate this coming week &#8211; or maybe ever.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>On Friday night, with the Senate still in recess, Lautenberg released a statement announcing he would be out next week. Lautenberg did not make clear any return date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret that I will not be returning to Washington next week as I continue treatment for, and recuperate from, muscle weakness and fatigue. My physician continues to advise me to work from home and not travel at this time,\u201d Lautenberg said in a statement issued by his office.<\/p>\n<p>Lautenberg added: \u201cI am disappointed I will not be present for the opening of the debate on gun legislation in the Senate. It is an issue I am deeply passionate about, and my victories over the gun lobby are among my proudest accomplishments. I am, however, gratified that my legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines will be one of the key amendments offered to this bill.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not disappointed nor do I think anyone who believes in the Second Amendment is going to be disappointed if Lautenberg never returns. <\/p>\n<p>The Politico article goes into the timing of a potential early retirement. If Lautenberg retires before late August, an interim senator would be appointed to serve until November 2013 at which time a special election would held. If it goes beyond that time, the interim senator would serve out the remainder of the term. It is presumed that Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) would appoint a Republican to serve as the interim senator. That said, if the Republican senator holds similar views on guns to that of Christie, it would be no gain for gun rights.<\/p>\n<p>\nH\/T Todd<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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