Michael Bloomberg on the Correct Focus for Gun Control

Michael Bloomberg

To this day, Michael Bloomberg has been the most courageous of all the Leftists on gun control.

At least he puts the focus on where the problem really is...urban violence.

Since 1976, black Americans have committed at least 50% of the homicides nationwide. Moreover, TODAY, homicide is the leading cause of death for black males between the ages of 16 and 36. Homicide is NOT among the top 5 causes of death for any other group.

Back in February of 2015, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly argued that guns need to be kept out of the hands of minorities in order to keep them alive. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/…/sughed-michael-bloomberg-…/)

While speaking at the Aspen Institute, Mr. Bloomberg, 72, said that 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: a male minority minorities between the ages of 15 and 25. Bloomberg went on to say, "We need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive."

“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” said Mr. Bloomberg, who funds the gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”

It might seem that those like Jim Rich (of the NY Daily News), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Christopher S. Murphy D-CT) don't really care about those tragic stats and would be happy to let homicide continue to be the leading cause of death for black males 16 to 36 years, so long as they could get a more blanket gun control through.

WHY?!

Why the lack of empathy for a community that is suffering the most with this crisis of violence?

I KNOW that I've posted this link before, but it's instructive to see how EASY it is for backyard gunsmiths to make high quality guns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fna9WEO6BjE).

Solving America's violence crisis will take more than naive attempts to make guns illegal. It will take real hard work and direct interdiction with a focus on those communities most impacted.

Mike Bloomberg’s Chagrin

Right after assailing Republicans for their over-spending, the newly minted “Independent” Bloomy gets socked from TWO directions.

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The NY Post recently outlined how “Mayor Mike” has presided over the biggest jumps in city outlays in decades!

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Bloomberg’s been quoted as saying, too many “American politicians who call themselves “conservative” want to run up enormous deficits and hope someone else will pay for it. That’s not conservatism – that’s alchemy, or if you like, lunacy.”

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Ironically enough New York City spending has grown 23% since 2002, and that’s adjusting for inflation. It’s now running at over $60 BILLION/year!

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By contrast, NYC’s previous Mayor (Rudy Giuliani) boosted city spending just 8% adjusted for inflation.

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Worse still, since 9/11 he’s resorted to paying the city’s bills with deficit financing (refinancing the 70’s debt that nearly bankrupted the city and using the monies that would’ve been used to pay off that debt to increase city spending.

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As the Post noted, “First, Mike used some $2 BILLION in transitional finance Authority bonding. Then in an astonishingly reckless piece of fiscal legerdemain, he pushed more than $2 BILLION of the city’s leftover 1970s-era debt, slated to be paid off in five years, onto state taxpayers, getting Albany to agree to picking up the tab.”
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Albany got the funds to do that by stretching out its own debt some 30 years!

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Then, in the wake of MSG losing its own sexual harassment case, Bloomberg LP has been charged with both age discrimination and discriminating against pregnant women. At first Mike Bloomberg denied knowing about any of the allegations, but has since acceded that he was told about the accusations.

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Ah, good old Mayor Mike, he keeps reminding us that while Giuliani was far from perfect, Bloomberg isn’t close to being as good. In fact, it makes it more clear every day that Giuliani was New York’s best Mayor in over a century!

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Hell, the only 20th century Mayor even close is Ed Koch!