Bloomberg's wealth does not make him right. He has broken laws in his attempt to trap gunshops into committing illegal acts. He should be tried and convicted.
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I believe that what were seeing in Bloomberg's tactics is the beginning of a clever and coordinated scheme to damage... [MORE]
Veriras
Jan 28, 2007 00:36
NYC second amendment anti gun laws came into being because returning WW 1 verterans, many the sons of new european... [MORE]
Peter Smith
Jan 27, 2007 16:22
Bloomberg and NYPD obtained trace data from ATF by asking NYPD to obtain the data for purposes of bringing a... [MORE]
Mt. Man
Jan 25, 2007 06:47
Mister Mayor. About 85% of the patrol officers I work with would rather take assault reports which ended with victims... [MORE]
California Copper
Jan 25, 2007 01:42
I wonder if the toxic and inflamatory anti gun/ gun owner rhetoric spewing from Hizzoner has afected an attitude in... [MORE]
veritas
Jan 27, 2007 13:42
The laws are there! The majority are repeat offenders. If the criminals were put away in the first place and... [MORE]
Darwin Clister
Jan 24, 2007 23:31
Mayor Bloomberg, your jurisdiction ends at the New York city limits. I don't think your job description gives you extraterritorial... [MORE]
Sam in Louisiana
Jan 24, 2007 22:41
"At yesterday's conference, the mayors also released poll results showing support for their cause among Americans."
Of course there are some... [MORE]
Mark
Jan 24, 2007 22:10
Mr. Bloomberg is just one more reason a life long New Yorker (upstate for 55 years) like myself, is looking... [MORE]
Edward Cerra
Jan 24, 2007 20:18
Bloomberg's wealth does not make him right. He has broken laws in his attempt to trap gunshops into committing illegal...
Chuck
Jan 24, 2007 19:44
I can't understand why the BATFE and other federal law inforcement agencies aren't taking the mayor to task? What gives... [MORE]
E C Sherman
Jan 25, 2007 00:26
Mayor Bloomburg and the other mayors of his colalition need to look at the way in which their cities have... [MORE]
George Chapman
Jan 24, 2007 19:19
Mayor Bloomberg doesn't want a law, the Tiahrt Amendment, that "restricts information that is there and that any rational person... [MORE]
John P. Boyle, D.M.D
Jan 24, 2007 17:56
The reason why we are loosing our liberties is because the elite (Bloomberg) are afraid of "We the People".I am... [MORE]
Mark
Jan 24, 2007 23:20
NRA?! Bloomberg's meeting was protested in DC by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. They do not like the Mayor's illegal... [MORE]
Bruce
Jan 24, 2007 16:48
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is truly a misguided individual. In his attempt to look tough on crime he's continually overstepped his... [MORE]
Rebecca
Jan 24, 2007 15:38
Mr. Billionare Bloomberg is out of touch with the real A merica, he has made comments like " WHY WOULD... [MORE]
John
Jan 24, 2007 22:05
New York Mayor Bloomberg (and the other mayors in his group) keep blaming everyone else for their cities problems. This... [MORE]
Charles Petrik
Jan 24, 2007 14:35
To whom it may concern:
As a society we accept the deaths of children and young adults via the swimming pool,... [MORE]
Gregg Scott
Jan 25, 2007 12:49
Interesting that the mayor of the USA's largest city talk like a mafioso of yore. Gun owners in New York... [MORE]
Mehul Kamdar
Jan 24, 2007 14:32
There is a reason for ATF to be the only enity to utilize gun trace info. It is because the... [MORE]
frankooo
Jan 24, 2007 14:22
How curious, newspapers always say "alleged" even when referring to a murderer caught on videotape. Yet your bias is such... [MORE]
David Lynn Smith
Jan 24, 2007 13:21
You can get a pretty good idea of what a politician relly thinks about freedom and liberty by looking at... [MORE]
Sam Mosin
Jan 24, 2007 12:49
Mayor Bloomberg has a crime problem in NYC, not a gun problem. Criminals cause crime, not guns. Mayor Bloomberg needs... [MORE]
Stuart S. Strickler
Jan 24, 2007 11:04
Criminals are NOT going to have to go through the loopholes that bloombergs gun control sets up. Criminals are called... [MORE]
Jed
Jan 24, 2007 11:00
Old tricks that wont work Mr. Mayor.
We're watching and remembering also.
How about putting down your thugs instead of our... [MORE]
howard goodman
Jan 25, 2007 01:01
Why doesn't Bloomberg and his gaggle of mayors go after the criminals instead of trying to force his personal version... [MORE]
Carl
Jan 24, 2007 10:58
I think Bloomberg has no idea how to fight crime. He is just after more government control. In short he... [MORE]
Tom Langford
Jan 24, 2007 10:26
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