New York, NY – Bloomberg: Obama’s ‘Number One Agenda’ Should Be More Gun Control

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    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a gun control advocate (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)New York, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg says President Barack Obama’s first priority in his second term should be to lead the country on gun control.

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    In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bloomberg says the kind of violence resulting in the deaths of 20 schoolchildren “only happens in America.” And he says it happens “again and again.”

    Bloomberg has been an outspoken gun control advocate for years. He noted that New York state has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and New York City the lowest murder rate of any big American city.

    The mayor says it’s time for the president to stand up and tell the country what needs to happen — not go to Congress and ask what legislators want to do.


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    11 years ago

    While I tend to disagree with better than half of anything Bloomberg does or says, and Obama is, in my eyes, one our generation’s greatest mistakes, there is a valuable message with regards to gun control.

    The “Right to Bear Arms” needs to remain intact, and not legislated away. Yet, there needs to be some oversight. We cannot allow anyone by virtue of being born human to possess a weapon. We must verify, at least as much as is done with purchasing an auto, that the owner is licensed to operate it properly. One should need to purchase insurance, and one would also need to submit the appropriate identifying information to make the use of the weapon traceable. This does not limit gun rights, it makes them accountable and responsible.

    Altogether, there is minimal crime involved with legally owned weapons. It is the street guns that are the center of most gun crime. We need severe sentencing, and to have detectives constantly searching the street gangs for weapons to confiscate. Sounds like a big responsibility, but it is. Bloomie is right, but we need better focus.

    Anon Ibid Opcit
    Anon Ibid Opcit
    11 years ago

    Not happening.
    1) The President made his position pretty clear
    2) He hasn’t given a single anti-gun speech in four years.
    3) Congress would never pass it
    4) The Democrats remember 1994 and would never get behind it as a Party

    Texas_Eli
    Texas_Eli
    11 years ago

    This is why this idiot is HATED outside of NY!
    “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
    What is so hard to understand about that Bloomturd?
    Why is he not prosecuted for civil rights violations?

    honestbroker
    honestbroker
    11 years ago

    Typical lib response.
    Got a problem? throw money or more legislation at it.
    The guns in this horrific shooting were all legal, therfore no legislation would have prevented this massacre. However, a law abiding citizen ,a security guard perhaps, armed with a licensed handgun could have possible prevented some of these casualties. I don’t own a gun nor do I have any desire to own one, however when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

    DRE53
    DRE53
    11 years ago

    Typical bloomberg who beleives individuals aren’t educated enough to control themselves. For that same reason he banned large soft drinks.
    What should be done is stiffer penalties for those violating any law. How about 39 lasher for someone possesing a gun without a license. Perhap, the death penalty for murderers. Why can any gangster get away with “murder”. By claiming insanity etc.?

    Aryeh
    Aryeh
    11 years ago

    Happened in Norway, with strict gun controls.

    markmoseson
    markmoseson
    11 years ago

    I have not posted on this site in over three year but I feel compelled to maker a point on this issue. Mariwana is illegal Right? Is it hard to get your hands on a joint? We live on the boarder with mexico if all out amigos can come in so can the guns. The gun is the tool not the weapon. The deranged Human is the weapon. There needs to be system in place for screening these crazies before they end up on the street. Bloomberg needs to come out of his “Rich man hole” On 79 Street and smell the cofee. I’m sure he feels this is the pressing issue for the president to deal with after the climate issue, He has everything all good under the hood he don’t know better. As a Gun owner myself I think there is a few simple ruled that need to be put in place like Why did I not need a Psyche Eval before getting my guns or every time I bought another. It needs to be stamped by the judge, So what, He should request a Evaluation every single time. Its time to regulate Long arms. They seem to think this is some sort of toy. Finally, they should require all gun owner (Long arms too) To submit proof of Purchase for a Gun safe. This women maybe deserves to have been shot by her son. How the hell did he get his hand on her Ammo? Mine is safe and sound. My family wouldn’t even know where to start looking. The Gun and ammo is separately stored under lock and key. We need some smart Regulation not wild legislation

    11 years ago

    Hope and Change have a positive force in Bloomberg. Way to go.

    joek212
    joek212
    11 years ago

    Herr Bloomberg is an idiot all gun control does is takes the guns away from law abiding citizens the criminals are going to have guns anyway maybe if more people wud have guns this tragedy cud have been avoided by somebody taking him out right away

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    11 years ago

    #8 - I hope you stay off this site another three tears.

    LiberalismIsADisease
    LiberalismIsADisease
    11 years ago

    the man is a complete moron. It “only” happens in the USA? Thats BULL and he knows it. He is a knee jerk liberal politician who cant think before he runs his puny mouth off.

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    11 years ago

    There is no one named Bo snerdley working for Rush. Its a made up name Google it.

    Anon Ibid Opcit
    Anon Ibid Opcit
    11 years ago

    The simple fact is Americans are more prone to do mass shootings than any other country outside of places like Congo and Afghanistan. In the past thirty years I think Finland is in second place with two. Norway has had one. The United States has had over sixty. Yes, it happens other places. It happens much more often here. And while homicides in general are in decline this sort is increasing.

    Why? I don’t know. Nobody knows. The social scientists are trying to figure it out, but it’s difficult because the criminals are almost always dead at the scene.

    Would more restrictions on firearms help? There’s not much evidence to suggest it so far. Might work. Might not. But those laws simply aren’t going to pass in post-1994 America. And only a national law would have any hope of being effective.

    Better mental health services? Definitely. But the political will isn’t there.