NY Daily News Says Time to Be Like Mike on Illegal Guns
We don’t disagree with Mike Lupica of The New York Daily News that something has to be done to stop illegal guns from ending up in the hands of criminals. But in his column, Lupica suggests that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is on track, but the facts aren’t quite as clear as they seem. The Daily News noted:
Bloomberg has taken his fight to online gun sales, put a big, bright light on the fact of thousands of guns being sold online without proper background checks, without buyers being asked to produce identification, some of these buyers finding out it’s even easier to get a gun than they thought.
These are not exactly legal sales to start with, and while Bloomberg is calling on background checks for every gun purchase we have to stress that many of those thousands of online sales would happen anyway. This is because the sellers are already breaking the law in many cases, and if they aren’t breaking the law entirely they are breaking rules for posting guns on sites such as Craigslist.
This is a crime issue, not a gun issue. And while tougher laws will only hurt law abiding citizens, we doubt they’d affect the criminals much or if at all.
Grass Roots North Carolina for Firearms Education: North Carolina Greenville Mayor & City Council Attack Your Gun Rights Again
Grass Roots North Carolina for Firearms Education:
Now Greenville Mayor Pat Dunn leads a swan song cynical over-reach to circumvent HB 650. Apparently she refuses leave without also leaving her anti-freedom mark!
In violation of both the letter, and more importantly, spirit of the new state law that uniformly permits concealed carry within all North Carolina parks, the Greenville City Council, under out-going Mayor Pat Dunn, recently passed draconian legislation that mandates posting against carry in 25 broad areas and numerous sub-regions of Greenville parks - including a clear over-reaching ban in the city’s dog park! Read more
NY Daily News Blames Virginia for NYC’s Gun Problem
This week The New York Daily News essentially acted as a puppet for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and suggested that Virginia’s gun laws are a problem. In a story titled, “Bloomberg’s anti-gun candidates win in VA. But control measures could be repealed,” the paper reported:
All six anti-gun Virginia State Senate candidates backed by Mayor Bloomberg won — but it still may soon be easier for firearms to travel from Old Dominion to the city’s streets.
The story added:
Virginia already exports more guns than any other state to New York City — and that flood of firearms may become a tsunami, one of Bloomberg’s top advisers said.
Where is the source on this beyond Bloomberg’s own advisors? And why isn’t it noted that New York City has extremely strict gun laws. Even if Virginia dries up as a source – which we frankly don’t believe it to be – won’t criminals turn elsewhere?
And while thousands of people protest the power of the so-called one percent where is the outrage that a lone billionaire in New York City can help determine elections in another state? Should the whole country adopt New York City’s strict gun control policies just because it is what Bloomberg, a billionaire, wants and demands? How is this fair to the 99 percent we ask?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Calls Right-to-Carry “A bill fit for the nation’s gun traffickers”
Writing for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, tries to argue that a national right-to-carry bill would create a situation where guns are carried everywhere. He writes:
“A new state law will allow Wisconsin residents to carry hidden, loaded guns throughout our state. I might not have agreed with the state’s decision, but fair enough: at least it was our state’s decision. But now, some in Congress want to take things a big step further – and if they succeed, we won’t have any say in the matter.”
Even if this were the case, which it really isn’t, why can’t these anti-gun politicians types see that criminals can already carry guns anywhere they want – they just have to break the law to do it!
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Joins Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Former Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel, who is now Mayor of Chicago, is the latest to join New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition. Numerous outlets quote Emanuel’s usual nonsense:
“The fact is we are up against a well-paid Washington gun lobby, largely financed by the firearms industry that is more aggressive and irrational than ever. Mayors Against Illegal Guns takes a bipartisan approach that reflects what Americans actually believe about gun issues: we can respect the rights of gun owners while doing much more to keep illegal guns off the streets and away from criminals.”
Typical rhetoric from a would-be gun grabber. Chicago’s streets were filled with illegal guns before McDonald vs. Chicago, proving that laws don’t deter criminals. And of course this mayor blames the gun lobby and the gun industry for the gun crime instead.
We also see absolutely no “respect” from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. They just want to take our guns and say they respect us.
Who Guards the Guards: Ansonia Fire Chief Placed On Leave After Burglary Of Weapons From His Office
This week The Hartford Courant reported that Ansonia’s Fire Chief was placed on leave. This came after a burglary altered city officials that he was storing guns in his office. Mayor Jim Della Volpe was quoted:
“There’s no reason to have weapons in the fire chief’s office. My first concern is for the public safety of our community. [Officials] have got to find out why these unsecured guns were in there.”
Why were two guns, including a handgun and rifle left unsecured in the chief’s office? That is a question worth asking this week.
Tijuana Mayor Arrests Over Guns
While much of the news this past weekend was related to Al Qaeda and the fallout from the calls for Muslim-Americans to buy guns and commit acts of terror, there was another news tidbit worth noting.
Former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon has been arrested on suspicion of illegal weapons. Imagine that… didn’t the Showtime series Weeds have a corrupt Tijuana mayor?
With Rhon be accused of having 88 unlicensed weapons we can’t help but say this is life imitating art.
Baltimore Mayor Calls for Gun Control
WCBC News Radio offered this interesting story:
“Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she wants Maryland lawmakers to approve new gun control measures.
“The mayor noted that the bills she supports, target criminals and not the legal gun owner. She also said the tougher sentences have been enacted in New York City and they have reduced crime there.”
Is this statement true? Tougher sentencing is one thing, but doesn’t gun control really just target the law abiding citizens?
NY Daily News: Bloomberg Gets Results
The New York Daily News offered an interesting view on gun shows in a story titled, “Mayor Bloomberg’s undercover stings get results – and gripes in Tucson.” But what “results” did he or his group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, really get? One problem with the way this story is being covered is that gun sales between private parties isn’t illegal at guns shows.
Yet the article offers this insight:
“More than three dozen gun shows have cleaned up their act after Mayor Bloomberg staged undercover sting operations exposing illegal sales.”
What sales were “illegal?” The paper sheds some light:
“Private detectives hired by the city in 2009 were able to buy guns at seven shows despite telling the sellers they probably couldn’t pass a background check.”
Wait, “probably couldn’t pass a background check” isn’t the same as “illegal.” Probably isn’t a legal term. As we’ve previously noted you are either guilty or not guilty in a court of law. Where does “probably” come in, except to cover all bases, and in our opinion much more.
Rahm Emanuel Gets Endorsement for “Gun Control Laws”
This week Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has endorsed Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of Chicago reports The Chicago Tribune. Among the reasons cited was “because he had fought for gun control laws.”
We see it as a reason not to cast a vote for Emanuel.
