Bloomberg Ad Invokes Al Qaeda in Fighting Illegal Guns

The New York Times ^ | 28 June 2011 | DAVID W. CHEN

[Palter]

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is back on the air with another political ad, and this time his focus is guns.

Just a few weeks after an operative from Al Qaeda released a video urging Islamic militants to take advantage of America as a country “absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms,” Mr. Bloomberg and his national anti-illegal gun coalition, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, released a commercial on Tuesday urging Congress to close what they say is a loophole in gun laws. That loophole is gun shows, the mayors say, where all kinds of people — even terrorists — can purchase firearms.

The ad features snippets of the comments from the operative, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American convert to Islam, together with gun show footage from Mr. Bloomberg’s 2009 undercover video operation, and urges viewers to press Congress to approve legislation that would tighten rules on gun shows.

The ad will run through Thursday on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, as well as on the Sunday morning talk shows. Mr. Bloomberg is paying for the ads out of his own pocket — at a cost, media buyers estimate, at $200,000 to $250,000.

In a statement, Mr. Bloomberg said: “Criminals already know how to take advantage of gaps in our gun laws, and now Al Qaeda knows, too. Americans, including N.R.A. members, overwhelmingly support stronger laws to keep guns away from terrorists and other dangerous people.”

A spokesman for the National Rifle Association did not respond immediately to an e-mail seeking reaction to the new ad. But in the past, the organization and its supporters have cast aspersions upon Mr. Bloomberg and his group.

[Bluesmover]

In my humble opinion, there is no such thing as an “illegal gun”. There may be a gun involved in an “illegal situation” by virtue of whom is holding it, and where, but not the item itself. I also am of the opinion that Gun Control is Unconstitutional, and rejoice when the Supreme Court agrees with me, such as the Heller Case in 2007. Oh, and did I mention Bloomberg is a Saudi-manipulated ($$$) SHILL and an IDIOT?