Michael Bloomberg: ‘You’d Think That if a Congresswoman Got Shot in the Head‘ it Would Change Congress’ Views on Gun Control
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords should have sparked a national dialogue about gun laws.
Bloomberg, a political independent and longtime advocate for gun control, made his comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” hours before his gun control ad with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino was scheduled to air during the Super Bowl.
“You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views,” Bloomberg told NBC’s David Gregory, who asked why the issue of gun control has been “overtaken by the politics of indifference.”
Bloomberg continued, “I can tell you how to change it, just get Congress to come with me to the hospital when I’ve got tell somebody that their son or daughter, their spouse, their parent is not going to come home ever again. This past week, sadly, even though the murder rate in New York is so much lower than almost every big city, we still had a cop shot last week with a gun that somebody had even though the federal laws prohibited that person from having a gun.”
Calling on Congress to provide funding to ensure proper background checks and close loopholes to make sure current laws are enforced, claiming that since the 1960s, nearly 400,000 Americans have died in gun violence — more than the number of Americans who died during World War II.
“I don’t know who has to get killed for people to start saying ‘wait a second, this is enough,’” Bloomberg said.
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Comments (626)
Razorhunters
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:32pmAn Armed Society is a Polite Society…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:45pmAn armed society is one that can guarantee it stays free of a tyranical government as well.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:06pmNEW YORKERS elected this dwarf who has moronic views of the world
Report Post »Bloomie? What do YOUR security guards carry?
Donate more of your wealth for abortions and STHU
possom
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:21pmNow I understand why NYC is such a cesspool.
Report Post »bobbyjoe
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:22pmAs I recall it was a liberal (communist) wacko that shot the congresswoman.Maybe you should start there with your gun control
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:24pmHey, Blooming Idiot! Congress can change it’s view all it wants, however, it’s the American people who tell them what to do. We say ‘no’ to gun control. Seems you forgot that you lousy Liberal Marxist!!
Report Post »Barrettoc
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:53pmTyranny will not come at the point of a gun. You have already willingly voted for it. You can keep your silly guns, but your house and your wallet belong to Wall Street. The war is already over. So ironic that most here continue to support the party that made it possible: Republicans.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:59pmBad guys don’t follow laws. That‘s why they’re bad guys. Commies like Bloomberg just can’t get that through their thick skulls. BTW, I’m sure Mikey has his own personal bodyguards, must be nice.
Report Post »Guttersmack
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:06pm@BARRETTOC, most here support Republicans only as the least of two evils. Most here did NOT vote for progressives. Progressive Democrates being those who wish to force tyranny on us more quickly than progressives in the Republican party. WS is much less to blame for subjugation of our liberty than one whose initials are BHO. Your comment shows a lack of understanding of who frequents theblaze, and what we stand for. Huffingtonpost is calling you back, please go.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:11pmMayor Bloomberg, you are a pretty low human being to use Gabby Gifford’s injury to press your agenda. Jared Loughner could have done way more damage with his father’s truck than what he did with a weapon, and a citizen with a weapon could have limited the damage he did manage to cause. As for your own cowardice, if you stop playing the tyrant and the dictator and trying to ram your agenda down our throats, you have nothing to fear. Our side has self control.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:17pmI agree with all above
Out of the the 400,000 killed how many
fall under Good riddence factor, bad guy on bad guy.
also 1960 todate How many millions of Babies
have you progressives KILLED
One more thing Girls ,when you kill that baby, your killing some
fathers son or daughter too
Unless you got that way from masterbation..or drinking
dirty creek water…
PS
Report Post »I will keep my firearms untilled taken from my COLD DEAD HANDS
Hugh Williams
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:17pmBARRETTOC
Report Post »If anyone trusts either party they are a fool. The ruling elite in both major political parties in America care only about themselves and keeping and expanding their own power. Judging by the tone of your post you support the democrats and blame the republicans for everything wrong in our country. I contend the people of power in both parties are big government progressives the hate the Constitution and Capitalism.
Barrettoc
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:23pm@Guttersmack.. Politics is about economics. Nothing more. All the talk about guns, abortions, gay rights and so on is sentiment and political manipulation. Here’s proof: If the NRA or TParty were to come out for higher taxes on the wealthy, their social issues would be dropped by the Republicans like a hot potato. But you are right. Huffington is more interesting.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:27pmyep, you don‘t allow law abiding citizens to have guns and ny is a cesspool of crime and don’t forget about all those shootings……..let me see all the shooting were cause by law abiding citizens that were not allowed guns……………………..
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:37pmSure, I will be happy and willing to disarm myself, when the government gives me an armed security detail, like this opinionated, elitist idiot has.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 7:10pmThe points that I find interesting are that both NYC and D.C. have some of the strictest, if not the strictest, gun laws in the nation. And the last time I checked, D.C. was the Murder Capital of the nation, with NYC not far behind. So gun laws don‘t amount to a hill of beans simply because criminals don’t obey the law. That’s why they are criminals.
Another issue is that guns are not the only murder weapons around. The first recorded murder happened LONG before the Chinese invented gun powder.
And finally, not to put too fine a point on it, Mayor Bloomberg, but I seem to remember a number of people did actually die in that Arizona shooting. Gabby Giffords was one of the lucky ones. Sixteen people ended up with gunshot wounds that day. Six of the victims died, among them John M. Roll, the chief judge for the United States District Court for Arizona, and a 9-year-old girl. I guess they don’t matter to you, but they certainly do to their families.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 8:17pmFrom Wikipedia:
Democratic Party (until 2001)
Republican Party (2001–2007)
Independent (2007–present)
This goon doesn‘t even know who he is and he’s trying to tell us about the second amendment and gun control. Idiot!
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 8:59pmAn armed society keeps goons like Bloomberg nervous as it is supposed to. That is what the founders had in mind. The founders knew that one day we would have leaders like Bloomberg who if given a chance would take from each of us our God given rights.
Report Post »Guttersmack
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:07pm@BARRETTOC you are correct much of politics is economic. The loss of liberty comes in large part from agencies who are acting in an ideological activist manner. The most dangerous element is not WS, it is the faceless bureaucrat who can not be held accountable by voters. There is not so much a money issue here as a control issue.
Report Post »You comment regarding Republicans the NRA, TP, etc shows you do not understand the conservative movement, you only incorrectly think you do. I would wager you only think you understand the progressive movement as well, but that us merely conjecture.
HP is more interesting because there are more whack job leftists who are never challenged by mainstream culture or the historical accuracy of their ideas who post there. Many there are never challenged on the basic foundations of what they believe….I know, I frequent there also.
Wayner
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:08pmStraight razors and switch blades can be just as deadly as a pistol. No more shaving in NYC?
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:26pmDon’t think about coming for mine…The first and second amendments were worth protecting with any and all means when I was in the Corps and that has not changed in my house.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:47pmFirst, there is one and only one reason that President Obama has yet to establish an absolute dictatorship in the US. Privately owned guns. Do you think he would put up with Republican obstruction of every piece of legislation he has put forward, and every federal appointment he has offered if he weren’t scared of all those armed Tea Party members who are prepared to take back the government by violence, and establish a new Constitutional government, if it came to that? Hardly. Gun ownership is the one right you can credit to the fact that you are not enslaved and all your freedoms eliminated.
Second, the US has the lowest rate of gun violence in the World. Why? It’s obvious. All these armed God fearing citizens are holding. The bad guys know that. That by itself keeps the violence to a minimum. And when the bad guys act up? The good guys, the gun wielding protectors of Right whip out their weapons and shoot ‘em dead. That, my friend is why America is the safest country on Earth. If non-Arab people could only take their guns on planes, that would put and end to terrorism.
The more guns we have, the safer we all are. That’s why America is safe from violence, and if even more people owned even more guns, we could all not worry about locking our doors at night. Praise God. I personally believe in the Bible which teaches us to be prepared to dispatch evil doers on a moment’s notice. Luke 6:66.
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:48pmHey doomberg, stfu *******, hope you folks in New York are proud of this asshat.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:55pmWhat an idiot. Bloomberg still thinks it’s the guns committing the crimes, not the dirtbags who are using them. Bloomberg reminds me of a ‘full blown communist.’ Maybe he should see it from the other side,,,,bet that would change his mind.
Report Post »onthefrontline
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:43pmKennesaw, Georgia it is compulsory –
Report Post »A unique law in Kennesaw Georgia dictates that the head
of every household must own a firearm and enough
ammunition to use deadly force if threatened.. and Georgia
is listed in the Top Ten safest States to live in….How about
them apples, Bloomie ??
Red Max
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:52pmRight you are Razor & Snow. Politicians fear well educated voters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1u0Byq5Qis
Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:55pmUm Bloomberg just said it, the problem is not with law abiding citizens the problem is what he said, “we still had a cop shot last week with a gun that somebody had even though the federal laws prohibited that person from having a gun.” The bad guys are gonna get guns if they really want them no matter how many restrictions or laws they try to pass. Does he not listen to himself?
Report Post »ODB1111
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:05pmThe time to get rid of these communists is now. When was the last time bloomberg was glitter bombed?
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:11pm@JZS
Sometimes you have lucid moments and surprise me. I wonder why you’re so conflicted and confused all the other times. Here is one example:
“Republican obstruction of every piece of legislation he has put forward, and every federal appointment he has offered if he weren’t scared of all those armed Tea Party members who are prepared to take back the government by violence, and establish a new Constitutional government, if it came to that?”
1) Republicans do not have a majority in the Senate so thereby cannot obstruct anything. On the contrary, Harry Reid is obstructing all things Republican. DUH! This is called “gridlock.”
2) This gridlock is an intelligent design by our founders so that the Congress can slow down or stop the agenda of a wanna be dictator, like Obama.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:14pmSo…..let me get this straight, Michael, if we had a ‘no gun’ policy in the US, then there would be NO illegal guns?
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:14pm@Scarebear
“Does he not listen to himself?”
He is a liberal progressive. Logic escapes them entirely.
Report Post »Hadituptohere
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:21pmHey nit wit–ciggarettes kill more people every YEAR what something like 495,000– yet no one calls on congress to do anything about that though– but they all like that extra cash they collect— the out rage!! leave my guns alone so when one of those thugs knock on my door i can handle it ==wouldn’t want to put you out or anything-thanks i got my own back
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:01amThis guy Bloomburg is a fool. Does he not understand that if you take away guns from the ones that carry them legally to protect themselves. The criminals will still have them. The crime will get larger. These guys are maniacs. What about Norway? That is an example if you don’t have a gun to protect yourself, there all going to die when some crazy guy gets one.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:38amI agree that no one in NYC should possess a firearm because they must be mentally deficient to put up with the cities nanny rules and greed through taxation.
Report Post »Flag-Man
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:50amIt just shows we need more guns
Report Post »Semper Fi
M 4 Colt
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:01amLet’s just stop and look at the facts, first New York City has the MOST gun laws on the books of any city in the US. Now per the mayors own comments he stating that a cop was just shot and killed a short time ago, so short of taking away everybody’s guns how are more anti gun laws being put on the books going to make any difference in New York City! Ah yes, but that‘s just the point it’s not going to make any difference at all, so what the mayor and all the other anti gunners want is a complete and total ban on the private ownership of firearms in this country. Also in the story the mayor said that the guy that shot the cop was a felon so right there the felon was already breaking the law by having a gun so adding more laws on the books isn‘t going to make a difference to this guy BECAUSE HE’S ALREADY A FELON and can’t own a gun! The only people who are going to be effected by more gun laws are law abiding citizens of this country, and that’s the whole point of the mayors push for more gun control laws, to strip the citizens of this country of there gun rights, and then only the ruling elite like the mayor will have the means to protect themselves and tuff luck for all us “little people” because were not part of the ruling elite.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:08am“You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views.” … “I don’t know who has to get killed for people to start saying ‘wait a second, this is enough.’”
those statements say a lot about his motives…
he’s thinking about who he has to have killed to get people to want to give up their guns.
Newsflash: Projectiles can’t be deinvented. Criminals will just make them and you’ll have nothing to defend yourself with… you can’t ban saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur…
Report Post »swansend
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:17amA factual historical account on this issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1nz0rPIU_w
Report Post »Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:15amHey mikie, maybe if the those moms, dads, daughters, sons had guns themselfs to defend themselfs they would be coming home, and your city would be minus one crook.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:08amSo Mr. Bloomberg, how many of those 400,000 gun crimes were committed by legal gun owners rather than criminals in the first place? Here is a clue….criminals don’t follow laws to begin with – that is why they are criminals genius. Gun control laws never hamper criminals jthey ust make law abiding citizens easier victims of the criminals
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:06amBloomberg, you are an idiot.
Report Post »‘You’d think that if a person died in a car crash, it would change your view on cars’. Ban all cars! Liberals have no ability to think
mikem1969
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:29amHey Bloomoron, A GUN DOES NOT GO OFF AND PULL ITS OWN TRIGGER, a person has to make a decision to pull the trigger. Therefore the person is at fault, not the gun. Using your logic, pencils, pens, cars, hammers, nail guns, shovels, pitch forks, etc… should be illegal because they can all be used to kill people. Now with that said, we REAL AMERICANS know exactly what you freaking libs and progressives want, to take away all our guns so your coward azzes don’t have to worry about an immediate uprising to your treasonous acts.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:10amYou give up your security detail first, Bloomberg. And go straight to hell for even daring to suggest that you can take away my rights. Keep your madness in the city that wants it.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:14amHey “Bloomie”…why don‘t you go back into your counting house and continue to add up all the money you’ve raked in from Sharia Finance! You too should “Get the hell out of the United States of America”, along with the rest of your communist friends! You traitor to the Constitution! You are proof positive that you don’t have to be intelligent to make a billion dollars…just soulless!
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:01ambloomburg is like all socialists, he wants to control people’s lives. the second amendment is meant for guys like bloomburg.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:44amWe all know that guns dont kill people – people kill people. So what he really wants is people control
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:52amDemocrats are so quick to point out the cost of having an armed populace. Of course, they never point out the cost of taking those guns away. And make no doubt about it, both paths carry a cost with them.
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:11amAbsolutely correct, razor! Dear Mayor Bloomberg, Shut up you hypocrite! You have laws passed that do not apply to you, because your a politician and rich!
Report Post »wolfinshdo
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:34amBloombergermeister should shut the heck up. Us little New Yorkers can’t afford bodyguards and security details. He’s another one of the Elite “I know how you people should live” types. NY is already one of the hardest places to LEGALLY get a handgun. He should go back to worrying about booze, trans-fat and salt.
Report Post »morerightrudder
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:40amThere was a reason that the Japanese never sent troops to our shores.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:56am““You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views,” Bloomberg told NBC’s David Gregory, who asked why the issue of gun control has been “overtaken by the politics of indifference.””
You’d think that if collectivist governments throughout history had killed millions trying to force equal distributions of unequally produced wealth on its citizens, that he would understand why it is in the interest of the people that the government be afraid of them.
Report Post »investlite
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:04amWhat an idiot, bloomberg defeats his own argument: “…we still had a cop shot last week with a gun that somebody had even though the federal laws prohibited that person from having a gun.”
So we should make more laws?
Case closed.
Report Post »AnOregonian
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:40amPerhaps banning Congress might be the way to control violence towards congress, just sayin’
Report Post »Marci
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:50amMayor for life Bloomberg is an idiot. Making the case to punish and leave defenseless law abiding citizens with that b.s. he just spewed is insanity. I am terrified of guns, but I own one. Something tells me if I had to get over my fear, it would be done in a life or death split second decision.
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:54amI have heard scuttle that the Gifforrd ordeal was a hit on Judge Rolle by the DOJ & Holder. Him & Giffords were starting to investigate Fast & Furious before the whole op was compromised.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:10pmSomeone tell bloomberg that if he really wants to stop violence ban words not guns. If people aren‘t allowed to speak their mind they’re 1000 times less likely to piss one off.(SARC.) Or maybe require every family to give quarters(lodging) to agents of the government. Perhaps just get rid of that pesky BILL OF RIGHTS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE LIBERAL DOUCHES LIKE BLOOMBERG KNOW BETTER THAN US UNWASHED MASSES
Report Post »How can a man whose bloanantly is attacking the bill rights hold an office inwhich he swears and oath to up hold those rights?
Time to remove all those who breaki their oath and levy them with harshest sentences imaginable for not violence crime. Time remove any and all practices which use race and sex as a means of discrimination as well.
Tom70
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:13pmGive me an AAAmen
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:42pmBloomberg reveals his elitist mentality with these statements. His views are blatantly Progressive – The elite leadership should dictate the behavior of the masses. You have no rights but those we deign to allow to you.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:51pmLast time I heard: More than 90,000 Americans are killed annually from medical mistakes, doctor error, hospital error, wrong medication, etc. Do we outlaw the medical community?
Many are killed in auto accidents. Do we outlaw autos?
Accidents happen. If someone can’t get a gun, they will use a knife or? It’s been proven that law abiding citizens, with guns, have a safer community.
The old saying: “If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns” which pretty much sums it up along the border states where even our citizens are being killed by these outlaws.
I’ve seen women beaten to a pulp by boy friends or husbands, so what do we do about husbands? Outlaw them? Just look at what happens with sick people…..a gal in Florida killed her child and got off, scott free. Women drown their children; some are raped and snuffed out to get rid of the evidence, heard some man who burned his house with children in it, this morning, after killing his wife a year ago. Crap happens. We need to outlaw the sicko’s and leave our guns alone. I want to be able to defend myself from these sick type people who have larceny on their minds.
Report Post »beckit
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:10pmAn armed society is called citizens. An unarmed society is called subjects. Every country on earth that has banned weapons has been subjugated and ruled by force or by criminals. If you’re willing to kill me to get it, you can have my gun.
Report Post »Steve dontyouworryaboutit
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:17pmWAY more people get killed every year by UN LICENSED drivers than do from unlicensed gun owners! Do we crack-down on vehicle ownership? Think about it!
Report Post »Jinglebob
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:45pmIs he saying that a Congressman’s life is worth more than Joe Somebody. I know that a New York Mayor’s is not.
Report Post »MikeMN
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:55pmThis article and other articles from Michael Bloomberg in Business Week are the reason I have not renewed my subscription to Business Week. I recommend all NRA members and Conceal/Carry Permit holders to do the same!!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:39pmOkay so ALL MEN are NOT created equal !!?!??!?
WHO the victim is should cause us to just toss out The Constitution???
The ignorance of the emotional liberal mind is beyond amazing.
Report Post »SIRJASON
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:42pmIF Gaby Gifford’s assistant had been carrying he could have killed the insane animal and prevented him from harming anyone and “We the People” would not have to take care of him for the rest of his life!
Bloomberg, you’re as stupid as Eric Holder, who instigated “Fast and Furious” with the Mexican government to give the Mexican Cartels 2,000 weapons and blame the Americans for smuggling weapons into Mexico and the deaths of Mexican citizens by these weapons Americans as another excuse to ban weapons!
You can see what is happening round the world where citizens do NOT have weapons…they are being slaughtered by the military and the tyrant, ASSAD! The same thing would happen here! Never surrender your weapons or your FREEDOMS and keep your powder dry!
They got caught! Now it is biting him and the DOJ in the @$$ but they will stonewall until after the election hoping Obama will save them.
Report Post »TimH
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:13pmThe words of Jesus from Luke 22:36, “…if you do not own a sword sell your garment and buy one.”
http://www.BornAgainHeathens.com
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:04pmMayor Bloomberg are your bodyguards armed?
Report Post »M1A2_Tanker
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:23pmHe is appalled that his plan didn’t work! SO SORRY Goon-berg but we’re a lot smarter than you and your scooby-doo knee jerk ilk.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:32pmRestore Death Penalty Then We Talk
When Democrat-Commie admit that they have been wrong all these years about Capital Punishment and crime breeding families then we can talk. If not then we will meet you in the American Combat Zone.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:33pmFree Jared!!!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:22pmSomeone needs to stab that sycophant in the neck with an icepick and show him that guns are not the only “dangerous” objects in this world. I’m sick of the gun grabbers and controllers. I see them as an enemy on par with slave drivers and rapists. They should be attacked on every street corner for their attack on our sovereignty and their assumption that the individual has no rights. I bet if they had their way, all lions would be declawed and all mules would have their hind legs removed to avoid their dangerous kick.
Report Post »AZindependent
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:52pmPPV idea Bloomberg vs. Nugent one hour debate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18paQV9yh28
Report Post »Cousin_of_Marx
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:43am“An armed society is a polite society.”
The American South, circa 1860.
Guns. Gentlemen. Well-mannered ladies.
Slavery. Lynchings. Mass murder.
Genteel, indeed.
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:49amYou are right, why would he thank a congresswoman is any better than any other person that gets shoot. these people are not Gods they are servants of the people of The United States of America, and they should remember that.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:55pm“…“I don’t know who has to get killed for people to start saying ‘wait a second, this is enough,’” Bloomberg said….”
Report Post »That’d be a good start right there.
US Citizen
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:15amLast time I checked, NY had some of the most stringent gun laws in the US. How’s that working out for you Bloomie?
Report Post »johnokee1
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:30pmI move that we outlaw whining
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:51pmAnd politicians who don‘t understand the difference between a lawabiding citizen owning a gun and a thug criminal who don’t care if they are outlawed or not .. .they will always find a way.
Report Post »bluesdog
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:58pmWhat’s the difference between liberals and puppies?
Report Post »Puppies stop whining when they grow up!
onthefrontline
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:56pmI‘ll bet Bloomie wouldn’t have the BAL*’s to walk the streets
Report Post »of NY without his security detail..
Tankertony
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:11pm@ so-called patriotnamerica.
Report Post »Please take your jew hatin’ @$$ and move to gaza or something.
I did say ‘please’.
Leopold
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:49amHere is Jesus telling his disciples to have a weapon. That’s why Christians cling to their guns and bibles.
Luke 22:35-38
35) Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything”? “Nothing”, they answered. 36) He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SWORD, SELL YOUR CLOAK AND BY ONE”. 37) It is written: And he was numbered with the transgressors. And I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching it’s fulfillment. 38) The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.“ ”That is enough”, he replied.
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:18amWhat‘s congress’s deal…I know how to control my guns..One in the night stand and the others in my gun case in the den…We need to pass a gun control law on congress… They are the ones with the problem…I have never allowed one of my guns to walk across the boarder into a drug cartels hands…Not one…Ever…I still have all mine…So, until congress can control their guns, they can shut up.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:52pmTo all politicians….want gun control laws? Give up all armed security. Then lecture the rest of us…….
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:30pmBloomberg is a PROGRESSIVE Monster!
I am so weary of his ilk!
MayorfreakingBloomberg! What is it sir that you think happened to your city on September 11, 2001?!
Yet…,you ignore and abet.You’ve never met a Muslim that you did not embrace in the spirit of KUMBIYAH!
Bloomberg is as ALL secular liberals.He does not recognize a higher power. He IS the higher power
He has no sense of the essence of this nation.He disgusts me!
He is not only short in stature…,he is short in intellect!
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:44amLucy, you are wrong, the mayor does recognize a higher power, himself, this little man suffers from a god complex. This is a very common ailment among the rich liberal elite, in their eyes were just too stupid to know what’s good for us, don’t believe me, just ask them they will be more than willing to tell you all about their ideas to make our lives so much better, that is if we would only allow them to take total control over us. I for one would much rather live in a cave then have these people in control of my life.
Report Post »flatdaddio
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:30pmor how about the justice department giving them to drug dealers and the allowing them to be used to kill a border agent…oops…he must have forgot that part….and how about that little old piece of paper that’s called the CONSTITUTION!!!
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:43pmH, that old thing??????????????
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 6:11pmBloomberg is very much like Lord Obama neither of them let’s that pesky Constitution thing get in their way of crushing the peasants freedoms.
Report Post »readytostand
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:29amOur wonderful U.S. of A. is really starting to STINK ! Can we not have a COURTESY FLUSH in 2012 Please!!!
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:29pmYou would think an American politician would understand the Constitution!
The problem was not the gun but the crazy man using it. Most of gun owners are quite responsible individuals who want to protect family and property. Gun control morons end up doing in the good guys while the bad guys pay them no-mind and do their evil deeds anyhow.
Report Post »1ClassicLiberal
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:24pmNYC has amongst the most restrictive gun laws in the country and amongst the highest gun crime, hey mayor I see a pattern here. The Second Amendment is, as always, the only thing standing between the People and tyranny.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:29pmhey bloomberg what part of the Constitution don’t you understand jackazz
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:53pmWhat Consitiution .. these progressives just ignore it on the way to destroying it! Throw these bums out!
Report Post »DennisHand
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:29pmOh and BTW, the 2nd amendment does not say anything about guns. The word is arms which is a much broader definition of what is protected.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:27pmThe 2nd amendment is more about the “right” of the people than it is about arms, but I don’t mean to dismiss the full intent..
Report Post »Raven249
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:31pmSomeone else finally caught that one, did they? Arms include any kind of weapon, not just firearms. At the time the Constitution had been written, they were still using muskets. The primary close quarters weapon was still a saber or long knife. Arms meant not just muskets, but close quarters weapons and cannons as well. No doubts, a gun is the more effective weapon in usage, but a melee weapon, whether bladed or impact based(hammers and ax-type weapons for you non-knife law savvy people) tends to be a bit more obvious, and makes a person less interested in harming you. Many of these have secondary purposes beyond being simply a weapon, yet we have laws that prevent one from even owning some kinds of weapons in a number of states. Not a word do I hear. Personally, I like being able to own something that don’t run out of ammunition and can be used a bit more roughly if need be.
Report Post »readytostand
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:43am@Dennishand – You say the 2nd amm. does not say anything directly about guns but is much more of a broader term and it says ARMS.? Just what the HELL do you think ARMS are exactly??? MAYBE I can HELP YOU !! AHHH NOW SAY IT REAL SLOOOOW!!! FIREAAAARRRMMMSS!! Very good class!! Ah MISS LIPPY can we play DODGEBALL now ??
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:21amexactly. we have every right to defend ourselves with whatever arms that are currently invented or that we have invented ourselves. the right to defend your life and your family shall never be infringed upon.
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:21am@READYTOSTAND You clearly didn’t understand his point. By “broader definition” he meant “not JUST firearms”. Not sure how you could think he was trying to exclude firearms. Surely the Revolutionary War was not fought with mere pikes, sabers, and onagers?
Report Post »psadie
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:26pmNo Mike, it changes my views on mental illness and those people being able to get guns. NO one pays attention to the signs. Fast and Furious was ALL about a scam against the American people for owning guns but it backfired when one plus of our agents got killed with the guns that were used in a sting. The left is VERY QUICK to want to disarm the populace and for good reason. The government can easily herd and manipulate people when they are UNARMED. It is harder to do that looking down the barrel of a gun, isn’t it Mike?
Report Post »DennisHand
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:25pmMichael,
What part of:
the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
don’t you understand?
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:34pmMaybe we shoud see if Mikie knew Jared……just wondering? The people of New York deserve this idiot!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:52pmThe first thing a tyrannt does is disarm the people, that way, no one can challenge his authority. A honest man will fight for the rights of others. Remember, don‘t give anyone power that you wouldn’t want someone on the polar opposite having.
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:25pmBlah blah blah… independent my arse. Who was it that matched $250,000 in contributions to Planned Parenthood when Komen (hehe, pardon the pun) ‘pulled out’? What a jackass.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:25pmBloomberg is a man who thinks that having wealth equates to having intelligence. I despise people like him who never go anywhere without armed guards but believe that the little people should be unarmed.
Report Post »I wish he would have to live without his wealth or fame in the real world for just six months.I would wager he would change his mind about owning a gun.
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:25pmYep, and people are killed by cars, by knives, swimming pools, bare hands…. Ban em! Ban em all!
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CatB
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:55pmDon’t forget windows ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzFWRPiNXOI
Report Post »randy
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 5:24pmDon’t forget banana peel deaths!
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Chromo200
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 7:08pmExcellent posting. Bloomberg is a baby killer period.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:24pmI wonder what his bodyguards carry to protect him..
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:31pmi’ll bet that they carry condoms and poop bags because he screws-up everything he does and leaves a large swath of crap behind him!!
Report Post »me12345
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:23pmI looked up the definition of moron and it said “see Michael Bloomberg”
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:32pmStill insulting morons eh? Shame on you!
Report Post »goahead.makemyday
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:04pmIt‘s not the moron’s fault we don’t have a better word for Mr. Bloominidiot.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:22pmHow did this guy get so rich, amazing, and that dumb. The bad guys will always have guns dumb ass.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:22pmI’m glad this clown is confined to running NYC. If he came out to my neck of the woods, he’d be run out of town on a rail.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:20pmOh the slippery slope. Gotta love libs.
Report Post »Nativetexana
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:18pmSooo, did Mr. Bloomberg “encourage” someone to shoot a Congresswoman so he can get the gun control he wants? Who does he think should be killed in order to get what he wants?
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:29pmI wouldn’t put it past them. Look at the 1918 spanish flu… in 1918, the Department of Treasury mandated that public drinking water be chlorinated. Why is the Treasury mandating anything regarding water? It’s more Hegelian dialect, than anything. Create the problem, then offer the solution. Democrat/Republican paradigm. I also wouldn’t doubt that Laughner is being drugged against his will. I befriended a woman who had spent some time in a mental facility. Nicest person, and she told me some horror stories, let me tell you.
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:16pmCan you imagine Bloomberg ever calling himself a Republican?
Report Post »Can you imagine anyone believing him?
New York City has a higher crime rate than any state; but citizens are not permitted to defend themselves.
Who’s side is he on – the citizens or the criminals?
shagstar
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:25pmliar doomberg is nothing but a pimp for the prog’s! he is why new york is looking like kalifornia more and more each day.
Report Post »MDKing
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:19pmSelf Evident isn’ it?
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:14pmThrow out the baby with the bath water.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:57amMoney is Bloomberg’s weapon of choice…and he doesn’t appear to be ready to disarm himself…only us.
Report Post »armymp
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:12pmWhen you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:11pmHe’s right, if Gabby had had a gun or any of her friends had one, the guy would have not been able to shoot her or anyone else. The gun wouldn’t have been able to do anything without the idiot shooting it. DAH!!!!
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:15pmI volunteer Mr Bloomberg to be the subject. Leave my right alone you commie piece of crap. Stay in your own crap state, in your own filthy city.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:34amOne of the men who tackled the shooter that day WAS a CCP holder and he was armed. I saw an interview he did shortly after the incident. He said he felt he couldn’t pull his weapon and try to take down the shooter because there were too many people who might get hurt by his weapon (if he missed the shooter). Instead he ran at the shooter (as did a few other bystanders) and tackled him, stopping the attack. This man kept his head and made the right decision. There should be more armed citizens like him in every city.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:08pmYes it has Michael. i think all people who are deemed responsible and sane should be armed at all times. Of course that would rule you out…
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:08pm>How fast and furious of Bloomberg.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 7:32pmNo doubt Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer are the largest traffikers of illegal small arms to known felons. Why wasn’t Bloomberg conducting one of his famous illegal “gun stings” on BATFE?
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 4:08pmCan‘t pass up a moment like that to further one’s agenda. But a little late, isn’t it? Bloomy, go home.
NoBama 2012
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