Posted on 01/19/2013 3:04:53 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed pro-gun advocates while encouraging Americas other mayors to pressure Congress to pass President Barack Obamas gun-control proposals, during a lunch gathering of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Friday.
Most people I know dont even have a gun, Bloomberg said, claiming America is the only industrialized country in the world that has a gun problem where there are more guns than people.
Bloomberg spoke highly of the proposals Obama laid out Wednesday and called the current enforcement of gun laws a tragic joke.
This is not a Constitutional question, but it is a political courage question and it is an issue for Washington we cant do it alone, Bloomberg said.
This week President Obama and Vice President Biden did step up and put forward a comprehensive plan for attacking gun violence, and I give them both a lot of credit for listening to the voices of everyday Americans and putting public safety ahead of special interests.
Bloomberg said his Mayors Against Illegal Guns organization was in close communication with Biden and helped develop the slate of goals Obama announced Wednesday...
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Most people I know don’t even live in New York City........
I fear that when he term limits out he will then run for governor. With the morons in NYC and other urban areas, he will get elected and do to the rest of the state what he did to NYC.
As for me, I’m leaving the state on my first job offer from a solid red state. These morons can suffer in the Utopia they have created.
In Bloomberg’s case it's probably a public safety issue because all he knows about gun control came from TV and movies. If he had a real gun, he'd endanger himself and everyone around him.
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