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Ex-NYC mayor: Ban all guns
http://www.wnd.com ^ | 1-13-13 | WND Exclusive/ Aaron Klein

Posted on 01/14/2013 10:44:20 AM PST by Mozilla

Aside from regulated hunting exceptions and those individuals who are deemed in danger by the police commissioner, all U.S. civilians should be banned from owning any kind of gun, argued former New York City Mayor Ed Koch in a radio interview today.

“I don’t believe that in our society that we should have guns,” said Koch, a Democrat, speaking on New York WABC Radio’s “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio.”

Continued Koch: “If I had my way I would pass such a law except to allow hunting and target practice and you lay out safety precautions for that.

“And if you need a gun because the police commissioner thinks your life is in danger, which is the way you can get a concealed gun (in New York) today, it’s called the Sullivan Law, you have to have the permission of the police commissioner.”

“So subject to those modifications,” he stated, “I don’t believe we should have millions of guns out there in the hands of people who are not part of law enforcement.”

Koch was asked about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announced effort to pursue “the toughest assault weapon ban in the nation.”

“We have to go much further,” the ex-mayor replied.

“I believe for example when Washington, D.C., passed a law that nobody could have a gun except law enforcement and it was struck down by the United States Supreme Court, that we should overrule the Supreme Court with a Constitutional amendment. I don’t believe that in our society that we should have guns.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: banglist; democrats; guncontrol; guns; newyorkcity; progressives; secondamendment
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To: Mozilla

I don’t think that anyone who has voted for a DemocRAT over the last 20 years should be allowed to own a gun.

PS: We should insist that whenever anyone calls a semi-auto an “assault weapon” we make them say “so called” assault weapons.


41 posted on 01/14/2013 11:38:37 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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To: Mozilla

Isn’t it long past time for that old liberal turd to dry up and blow away???


42 posted on 01/14/2013 11:48:22 AM PST by ScottinVA (More dizzying than a Tilt-a-Whirl is an around-a-circle argument with a liberal about gun control.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

“I live in Texas,grew up in the Bronx and STILL have many friends and Family there.

The dirty little secret regarding the gun culture in NYC that many are either oblivious or chose to ignore, is MANY folks throughout the boroughs have hidden arsenals that would make even Texans quite proud. Those who are armed to the teeth are VERY quiet and cautions but theses arsenals do exist. I have seen them.”

You are quite correct. I’d say nine out of ten business owners especially have at least one heater.


43 posted on 01/14/2013 11:49:57 AM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Mozilla

“I don’t believe we should have millions of guns out there in the hands of people who are not part of law enforcement.”

Ed’s fellow Jews lived under the same conditions in Europe in the 1930s. How again did that work out for them?


44 posted on 01/14/2013 11:50:06 AM PST by ScottinVA (More dizzying than a Tilt-a-Whirl is an around-a-circle argument with a liberal about gun control.)
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To: Mozilla

He`s an 88 yr old pile of crapo.


45 posted on 01/14/2013 11:50:28 AM PST by bunkerhill7 ( duhhhh)
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To: Mozilla

I don’t believe that anyone from the state of New York should be allowed to speak ever again.

In fact, I believe that anyone from new York ought to have their jaws wired shut and their lips sewn together.

How does that grab you, Ed?


46 posted on 01/14/2013 11:57:45 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Mozilla

Lighten up Eddie. How ‘bout some nice Jello?


47 posted on 01/14/2013 12:01:39 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (HealthCare IS NOT a right. The RIGHT to keep and bear arms is.)
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To: Mozilla

ed, the constitution and my state constitution stand totally opposed to your unrealistic assessment of the world in which we must live.

too bad you haven’t learned a lot in your long life on this ball we call earth.


48 posted on 01/14/2013 12:53:41 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Jim Robinson

makes you wonder why they’d risk their lives here....?


49 posted on 01/14/2013 12:54:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Bob

50 posted on 01/14/2013 12:55:11 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Mozilla

I was hoping it was going to be Dinkins in this story, not Ed. Alas, Koch has reverted to far-left form after so many promising strides in the last decade or so.

Probably don’t want to ask the question “How am I doin’?” right now, Ed. You probably won’t like the answers you get.


51 posted on 01/14/2013 3:11:59 PM PST by DemforBush (You might very well think that. I could not *possibly* comment.)
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To: Mozilla

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2733638/posts?page=45#45


52 posted on 01/14/2013 3:19:55 PM PST by B4Ranch (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable-John F. Kennedy)
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To: Mozilla
I believe for example when Washington, D.C., passed a law that nobody could have a gun except law enforcement and it was struck down by the United States Supreme Court, that we should overrule the Supreme Court with a Constitutional amendment.

That's the only way you're ever going to do it, Ed: legally. Get right on that. And you know what? Maybe if you can't get it through the House and Senate and ratified by the states, then it doesn't deserve to be law at all no matter what the President and the MSM say. Agreed?

53 posted on 01/14/2013 3:21:40 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
They should ban all guns in all BLUE states, no guns for the Yankees!
54 posted on 01/15/2013 5:39:15 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge
Maybe it is time to disarm all the Yankees and then we can all meet at Appomattox Court House for a nice sit down discussion on the future of the country.
55 posted on 01/15/2013 5:42:36 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge
Maybe it is time to disarm all the Yankees and then we can all meet at Appomattox Court House for a nice sit down discussion on the future of the country.
56 posted on 01/15/2013 5:45:03 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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