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The real reason Michael Bloomberg cares about guns
Al Jazeera America ^ | April 25, 2014 | Malcolm Harris

Posted on 05/03/2014 9:55:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 05/03/2014 9:55:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whether you are a British soldier marching toward Concord, a criminal about to enter a house or a commissar about to seize a citizen or his property, its an entirely different situation when the target is armed.


2 posted on 05/03/2014 10:02:24 PM PDT by allendale
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How can a domestic American city police force have “its own foreign policy and intelligence network”? Has this ever been challenged in court? I realize that NYC tries its hardest to be a “Bill of Rights-free zone”, but that sounds pretty close to treason!


3 posted on 05/03/2014 10:13:29 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“There’s no doubt America needs to curb gun use and possession.”

Bull.


4 posted on 05/03/2014 10:17:05 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He is not going to change our constitution and he is not going to be able to change the SCOTUS. So SCREW HIM!!!!!


5 posted on 05/03/2014 10:21:57 PM PDT by oldenuff2no (Retired US ARMY Ranger.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The very elite hates guns because it prevents them from imposing their idea of utopia and they fear the average man.


6 posted on 05/03/2014 10:22:24 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Blooomie is a grabasstic little fascist..


7 posted on 05/03/2014 10:22:32 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Interesting article. Sad that Al Jazeera has better reporting than American media.


8 posted on 05/03/2014 10:37:37 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Up yours NSA !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because we are spied on incessantly by our own paranoid gummint we cannot train, drill, or communicate nevertheless, like antibiotic resistant bacteria, we are the strongest, largest army in the world. The American. With literally hundreds of millions of firearms in the hands of a third of us we have an advantage no one can take away. As it has been said, on opening day the State of Pennsylvania fields the largest army in the world. It scares the crap out of the corrupt politicians. It is supposed to.

μολὼν λαβέ


9 posted on 05/03/2014 10:38:12 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

They talk about that here:

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


10 posted on 05/03/2014 10:40:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meanwhile, this asshole Bloomberg has a horde surrounding him WITH guns. FUQ YOU BLOOMBERG.


11 posted on 05/03/2014 10:40:44 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4
Bermuda is very strict when it comes to guns, except when Bloomberg feels he's so special he needs armed protection:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/26/nycs-michael-bloomberg-accused-hypocrisy-arming-se/

12 posted on 05/03/2014 11:17:55 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Stormdog

I tripped on that at first. But, I think he goes on to refer to the state/fedgov as the entity whose guns need to be reduced and controlled, not the citizens.


13 posted on 05/03/2014 11:20:52 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bloomberg personally boasted that the NYPD has the capacity to shoot down passenger planes.

I was wondering who bagged Flight 800...

The man is insane, drunk with power, a megalomaniac. Funny how those who most crave power least deserve it.

14 posted on 05/04/2014 12:34:12 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Frank_2001

Does the Logan Act apply?


15 posted on 05/04/2014 12:35:10 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Dogbert41

+1


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17 posted on 05/04/2014 1:32:45 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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He was once an ordinary douche bag.


18 posted on 05/04/2014 1:38:11 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Dogbert41
Interesting article. Sad that Al Jazeera has better reporting than American media.

If you want to find out what's going on in the USA, you have to go to the British press, Al Jazeera and RT.

Despite what trolls on Free Republic may tell you.

19 posted on 05/04/2014 3:51:12 AM PDT by Mogger (Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“If somebody pointed a gun at you and you had a gun in your pocket, what would you do?

Hit the perp?


20 posted on 05/04/2014 4:51:26 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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