BOUNDARIES, People! BOUNDARIES!
Get the hell offa my lawn!
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wanted to illustrate that buying a gun like the one used in the recent Arizona shootings is as easy as buying “a hamburger and fries at a McDonald’s.” So he sent out undercover investigators to help him prove it. ... to Arizona.
...Bloomberg has long campaigned for tougher federal gun regulation — after all, he argues, most illegal firearms that cause carnage on the streets of New York are bought on the streets elsewhere, usually in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Now, Bloomberg, who formed a task force of mayors against illegal guns, has seized the moment when the nation is mourning the victims in Tucson to make a point.
...In a performance straight out of Hollywood, an investigator is seen handling a semiautomatic pistol that he is thinking about buying from a dealer at a Jan. 23 Crossroads of the West gun show in Phoenix. Sounding sinister, he says, “I like the concealability, it’s the best part,” and admits he couldn’t pass the background check required to buy a gun from a licensed dealer — but not from a private dealer like the one at the gun show. He then hands over a wad of cash and walks away with the pistol.
“That sale was blatantly illegal,” said Bloomberg, explaining that private sellers are not supposed to forgo checks if they have a reason to believe buyers are felons, mentally ill or couldn’t pass federal scrutiny. “But it happens all the time."
Gee… I was under the impression that private individuals could sell their possessions to one another without gubbmint interference. Silly me.
Again.
Robert Templeton, president of Crossroads of the West, issued a statement ... “Mayor Bloomberg and his ‘task force’ have no legal authority in the state of Arizona, or in any other place in America except New York City,” Templeton said. “These forays into America’s heartland committing blatant acts to entrap otherwise innocent gun owners is an unlawful scheme."
And just plain rude.
But Bloomberg made it clear there were no borders in his campaign to plug “dangerous gaps” in federal gun laws.
No Borders. No Boundaries. Ev’rybuddy all up in yer shiite.
Hey, and isn’t NYC getting a blizzard right now? Where’s the Mayor, again? Removing snow from Mt Lemon?
Posted by on 02/01/11 at 09:22 AM
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