# NY Post calls for assault weapons ban

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688 "2021-03-25T13:03:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688/1 "2021-03-25T13:03:39Z")

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If Rupert was dead he would be rolling over in his grave Or maybe he approved this

> **[Murdoch-Owned New York Post Backs Biden's Call To Ban 'Weapons Of War'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-post-backs-joe-biden-assault-weapons-ban_n_605b2edfc5b65d1c2811535e)**
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> “The New York Post does not see this as a conservative or liberal issue — it’s an issue of life and death," the tabloid's editorial board wrote in an op-ed.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688/2 "2021-03-25T13:09:02Z")

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Post fail…

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**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688/3 "2021-03-27T23:59:43Z")

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Post being rational. Too bad they’ll be derided by Republicans as a “New York RINO newspaper”.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688/4 "2021-03-28T00:19:35Z")

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Oops, I meant ‘my intended’ post failed! I tried to post a link but failed. Shoulda put ‘never mind’!