Mashable Claims “Easy to Buy Gun”
We’ve heard about the gun show loophole and now Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking at illegal gun sales online. Unfortunately the media is already jumping on this band wagon. Mashable reported:
A study conducted by the City of New York found that — despite Craigslist‘s ban on gun listings — it’s quite easy to purchase guns through the online classifieds site. Private investigators found that 82% of the time they contacted sellers on Craigslist, an illegal sale was agreed upon.
“Over the past decade, we’ve launched a wide-ranging attack on illegal guns – and today, we’re opening a new front in that battle by targeting what has become an increasingly prevalent and dangerous problem: illegal gun sales on the Internet,” said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But here is the part that is missing in this report… it is still illegal. So why is Bloomberg time and time again calling for gun bans, instead of trying to go after those breaking the law? Clearly the anti-gun crowd believes that banning guns is the answer, instead of targeting the criminals who are breaking the law.
If criminals are breaking these laws (and bans of such sales) than why would they think that more laws is the answer?
West Virginia Says No to Bloomberg
The New York Daily News reported this week that finally someone in a sovereign state other than New York is standing up to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The paper notes:
“A legislator there wants to ban the type of undercover stings that Bloomberg has used to showcase illegal gun sales in other states – and throw the mayor’s investigators in jail if necessary.
“‘It’s for us to handle within our own borders,’ said state Sen. Jeffrey Kessler, who is running for governor in 2012. ‘We jealously guard our gun rights, and we’re vocal advocates for the Second Amendment.’”
Kudos to Jeffrey Kessler. It is about time someone stood up to Mikey.
