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Submitted by kenny, Feb 14, 2008 11:53

Mayor Bloomberg is not concerned with fighting crime or reducing gun violence. He's on a personal agenda to attack the legal firearms industry. All this federal trace data that he claims the federal government won't release is a lie. This trace data is accessible to law enforcement officials for ongoing criminal investigations. It is not accessible to the public or politicians that want blanket access to this data. The mayor can access federal trace data by asking his police commissioner to request it, but is not accessible to mayors or civilians, as public access to this info can jeopardize undercover law enforcement officers conducting sting operations. Mayor Bloomberg needs to spend his time and taxpayers dollars on fighting crime, not to further his personal anti-gun agenda by attacking the firearms industry and our Second Amendment rights.

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if he hates guns, don't buy one and for Godsake, don't let one of those guards or cops around him... [MORE]	joe	Feb 17, 2008 06:31
As a Jewess in the US, I remind you that America wasn't won with a registered gun, nor are criminals... [MORE]	Wendy Weinbaum	Feb 15, 2008 13:38
Sounds like Bloomberg and Dixon are just duplicating the efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Has... [MORE]	Tommy Murphy	Feb 15, 2008 07:40
It is just common sense. If databases and serial numbers were able to stop crimes, then WHY HASN'T IT STOPPED... [MORE]	Charles P	Feb 15, 2008 00:20
This man will not obey the laws of the federal government and will try to take the law in his... [MORE]	Elmo C	Feb 14, 2008 23:43
You should define this in your articles - or ask Bloomberg to do so. There is no such thing as an... [MORE]	Mike Stollenwerk	Feb 14, 2008 20:30
The NRA should refund the membership dues if he did not, as he says, join himself. [MORE]	Jon Zemans	Feb 14, 2008 19:58
If Mr. Bloomberg really wants to cut down on violent crime involving firearms, he should work towards enforcing the laws... [MORE]	Sean O'Casey	Feb 14, 2008 19:42
Mr. Bloomberg is attempting to use the grave markers of voiceless crime victims as his stepping stones to advance his... [MORE]	Sam Mosin	Feb 14, 2008 14:10
Mayor Bloomberg is not concerned with fighting crime or reducing gun violence. He's on a personal agenda to attack the...	kenny	Feb 14, 2008 11:53
why cant politicians abide by the law like the rest of us? just as in frisco, they do what they... [MORE]	tom	Feb 14, 2008 11:41

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