Florida’s Mayors Under Attack For Joining Gun Control Group
Forty-five of Florida’s mayors have joined the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Understandably, these men and women have been inundated with mail and phone calls from constituents who are unhappy that their elected leaders are supporting this group. Mayors Against Illegal Guns has around 450 cities nationwide under its thumb. Read more
Bloomberg News Puts Spin on Louisiana Firearms Sale
This weekend Louisiana offered the first-ever Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax holiday, where lawmakers approved a tax break for those looking to purchase firearms. The story that ran on Bloomberg.com was mostly clear about the facts, but we want to set the record straight on a point or two. Most importantly the author claimed this was to give the state’s 270,000 hunters a break. Again, buying guns isn’t just about hunting, but in fairness this article did run just before the start of dove hunting season, so maybe that’s how the writer put the facts together. The problem with this is that it would be considered lazy journalism in most circumstances, as there is no proof that just hunters were buying the firearms.
The bigger concern is that the writer felt compelled to add this strongly anti-firearm passage:
“Across the country, more than 450 municipal leaders, including Ray Nagin of New Orleans, have formed Mayors Against Illegal Guns to stop the spread of weapons. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a founding member of the group, which has supported gun buyback programs.”
While it might not seem like much, it has nothing to do with the story, and worse the writer notes that Nagin wasn’t reached for comment. So why include it? Well, with Bloomberg as the name of the magazine it seems that Bloomberg (Mike Bloomberg founded this magazine) would have to be in the story, especially if guns are involved.
Was NYC Mayor Bloomberg Serious?
This week New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a very surreal statement while talking to WNYC radio’s Bob Hennelly. When questioned where there was a concern that a gun owner, with a permit, could be too drunk to drive, the mayor responded:
“If you are in a bar and you see somebody intoxicated and think they might have a gun I know what I would do, I’d either leave that bar or call the cops. I don’t want to get shot.”
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WNYC Radio Has Nice Sound Bites, But Few Facts
By the way WNYC radio spun it, it sounds like NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is really just a mayor with a reasonable gun control policy. Here is a sample of what he said:
“BLOOMBERG: There’s federal law that says that criminals can’t have guns and we should enforce that law and get guns off the streets nothing wrong with the Second Amendment.”
