Hi "Firearms Aficionados"! - welcome to another entry on SHOOTING.BLOGSPOT.COM,
Oh boy, this sounds awfully exciting - NO WAY! Bloomberg has got his panties in a wad over guns - AGAIN! Look what he is subjecting his City to??? He even dragged Boston's mayor in on the antics now.
One quote that is true, but their solution is WAY OFF BASE - "Gun crime is a national problem that needs a national response," - the response (solution) that needs to be seen and heard is let us all carry, concealed, and do what is commonly done in Israel - many of the would-be bombers in Israel are actually stopped by the pistol packin` Israeli CITIZENS - not their elite Police. No matter what you do, there will be bad people doing bad things. How about we arm the masses and let them dispose of the bad ones - not in an abusive manner, but in simple self defense and in defense of other innocents?
It is truly sad when a child is hurt or killed - by any sort of manner - and it is especially sad for us who are fighting the good fight to save this country from the WHACKOs who THINK they know what is best for us. PUHLEEEEEEEEEEZE! Leave us alone, let us get on with our lives, let us keep our guns, and our money, and stay out of our collective way.
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N.Y. Mayor Hosts Gun Control Summit
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AP Online
04/25/06, 1:32p
(Copyright © 2006, AP Online) By DESMOND BUTLER
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino criticized the federal government at a mayors summit Tuesday for not doing enough to stop the spread of illegal guns.
"If the leadership won't come from Congress or from the White House, it will have to come from us," said Bloomberg, who headed the event with Menino that was billed as the first-ever national gun summit of mayors.
Bloomberg has focused on gun control as a priority for his second term. Crime statistics show the number of shootings this year is slightly lower than last year, but high-profile gun deaths _ like that of a toddler killed by a stray bullet on Easter Sunday _ continue to hold a spotlight on the issue.
Menino said he met recently with a sixth grade class in Boston in which nine out of 10 pupils said they knew where they could find a gun. The 73 homicides in Boston last year marked the highest number in 10 years, he said.
"Gun crime is a national problem that needs a national response," Menino said, noting that many guns used in Boston murders last year came from other states.
The mayors summit hopes to create a loose coalition that will trade crimefighting information, work together on city and state legislation and form a louder voice in Washington.
Attendees at the summit included mayors from Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Dallas, Milwaukee and Seattle. Also attending were mayors from Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., Trenton, N.J., Jersey City, N.J., Buffalo, N.Y. and Rochester, N.Y.
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Yours in firearms forever,
Jim
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