Posted on 09/25/2007 10:01:11 PM PDT by neverdem
Mayor Bloomberg may be unwilling to criticize his predecessor directly, but he is leaving little doubt about his distaste for Mayor Giuliani's newfound courtship of the gun lobby.
"Rudy Giuliani can speak for himself," Mr. Bloomberg told reporters yesterday at City Hall before launching into a full-throated defense of policy positions that the former mayor has recently disavowed or opposed.
Mr. Bloomberg was responding to Mr. Giuliani's comments last week to the National Rifle Association, in which he distanced himself from a lawsuit against firearm manufacturers that he initiated as mayor and which the city is still pressing. Mr. Giuliani also voiced support for a gun law that Mr. Bloomberg has mounted a national campaign to overturn.
The Republican presidential hopeful said on Friday that the lawsuit "has taken several turns and several twists that I don't agree with."
Contradicting Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Bloomberg said the lawsuit "has not changed at all" since the city filed it in 1999. "We believe that it's a good case and we hope to win," Mr. Bloomberg said.
The lawsuit accuses gun manufacturers of failing to supervise adequately sales practices that have led to large numbers of guns winding up in the hands of criminals. Mr. Bloomberg offered an equally staunch condemnation of the Tiahrt amendment, which Mr. Giuliani had described as "sensible" to the NRA on Friday.
The legislation, named for the Republican congressman who sponsored it, has been inserted into congressional spending bills since 2003 and places restrictions on how gun trace data can be used. "The Tiahrt amendment is something that is not in the interest of people who want to be safe in this country," Mr. Bloomberg said. "It's an outrage."
The city contends that the amendment ties the hands of police in the city's fight against illegal guns...
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Some folks put safety before freedom, they are called Sheeple!
They often end up as slaves.
I am shocked!! There is someone out there who is an even BIGGER TWERP on the 2A then Roooday. If “Roooday” runs as a democrat he has a far better chance of the nomination than he does running as a GOP candidate!
Bump to a PAIR of sick, demented gun-grabbers....
Virginia did just that...the legislature passed a law which would make his sending any more idiots to Virginia to try and make straw purchases a felony unless it’s done in conjunction with local law enforcement.
The 2nd Armored Cavalry couldn't put him on the defensive. (but I'd certainly enjoy seeing them try)
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million ‘educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
It will never happen here?.................. I bet the Aussies said that too!
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With Guns..........We Are “Citizens”.
Without Them........We Are “Subjects”.
During W.W.II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
The Second Amendment is not a matter of interpretation, it’s a matter of fact. Not believing that and pressing for a total ban will warrant a large mob.
I said this last year when Rudy's name came up as a running for the GOP.
okay-let the little runt billionaire walk around with no armed security and see how welcome he feels in “his” city
That the Repub Party has not thrown Bloomberg out of the Party, nor has Bush condemned Bloomberg is yet another reason why the Repub Party is hurting for donor money.
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I don't know who's worse, Spitzer, Bloomberg or the fools that elect them.
A RICH one at that!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the ping!
Best believe it is. Remember, however, that “W” still doesn’t seem to have a clue why the AWB was bad legislation, and why so many of us opposed it, and still do. There are Freepers all over the place who still call us “dogmatic”, RKBA is not an issue to them, and they see us as obstructionists for standing fast on principle. Bloomie and Rudy are big city boys, and they are just simply different. “W” is sort of in between, but they all are willing to justify the means by the hoped for end.
Every damned dictatorship ever born on this Earth was spawned, and justified, in the name of assuring social order. I’d rather risk anarchy, personally.
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