oooooh Michael, just missed it by 'this' much...
Posted on 06/03/2007 10:19:32 PM PDT by neverdem
In New York, Michael R. Bloomberg is known as the billionaire media mogul who became mayor. But in many parts of the country, he is the man who would take away your guns.
An editorial writer in Harrisburg, Pa., accuses him of “ranting” about illegal firearms. A conservative publication in Florida, NewsMax, asserts: “Bloomberg’s hatred of guns has twisted roots.” And on the Web site of The Wichita Eagle, one writer wonders why a New York mayor is “telling the people of Kansas what to do.”
In towns large and small across the country, Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, has emerged as the face of gun control in America. Under his guidance, a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown in little more than a year from a skeletal group of 15 into an organization of 225 leaders of towns and cities — many of them Democrats — who are pursuing legal, political and media strategies to stem gun crime.
The mayors have met several times since the organization was formed, including in regional groups. They have lobbied Congress to lift restrictions on sharing data about the source of illegal firearms and shared strategies to fight gun violence and reduce gun trafficking.
On its own, New York City conducted sting operations intended to catch gun dealers making illegal sales. The city then filed lawsuits against those dealers, seeking to oversee their future business practices. Now...
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In Washington, many Democrats still believe the passage of a ban on assault weapons in 1994 was responsible for Republican victories in the Congressional elections later that year and the presidential election of 2000. In recent elections, an increasing number of Democrats have run as opponents of gun control, including some centrist Democrats whose election last year helped their party retake control of Congress.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Your guns and your cigarettes.
>>But in many parts of the country, he is the man who would take away your guns.
Such an NYC-centric perspective... In many parts of the country, no one has heard of or even gives a hoot about Michael R. Bloomberg.
Humor Alert.
If the jackboot fits...
“In many parts of the country, no one has heard of or even gives a hoot about Michael R. Bloomberg”.
Hey, billionaire....drop over to the house, and try to take my gun.
Yeah : )
“Cast as”? He wasn’t “cast as” anything. He became a gun-grabbing, food-controlling, tobacco-banning FASCIST TOOL of his own accord.
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I suspect that Bloomy works for the dems, everything he does tarnishes the Republican image. Unfortunately, he isn’t alone.
And I suspect you’re correct.
He's doing everything for liberal Bloomie. He's going left on social issues, while the dems are trying to tack to the right on as many as that polling says it's smart and possible. What candidate for the dems' presidential bid in 2008 is talking about anything to do with the Second Amendment?
Bloomberg was a lifelong Dem who switched parties in 2001 to run for NYC mayor. He only did it because the competition was too stiff in the Dem primary. By their fruits you will know them...
Yeah, and the stupid GOP hierarchy is letting him get away with it. I always believed that Bush 41 threw the match, are they doing it again?
Bloomberg Cast as Enemy No. 1 of Gun RightsAssisting law enforcement?
What does that pusbag know about "law enforcement"?
Out here, while discussing with the local sheriff about a specific, credible, and definite threat on my life, the response was "Just make sure you are the one who is around to fill out the paperwork."
That may have been the better part of 30 years ago, but the paradigm holds.
We don't have any 'squeegee men' either.
If Bloomberg would quit exhorting others to break the law, maybe he would have some high ground there. Hiring people to commit a felony (arrange a straw purchase of a firearm) is a felony, especially if done under the color of law.
Was there profanity?
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