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Bloomberg: 'Shoot first' laws provoke tragedies like the death of Trayvon Martin
silive.com ^ | July 14, 2013

Posted on 07/14/2013 1:02:13 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

"Sadly, all the facts in this tragic case will probably never be known," Bloomberg said in a prepared statement Sunday. "But one fact has long been crystal clear: 'shoot first' laws like those in Florida can inspire dangerous vigilantism and protect those who act recklessly with guns."

He blamed "gun lobby extremists in Washington" for drafting the laws and said the legislation lets armed citizens think it's OK to shoot first and later defend themselves on the grounds that it was a justifiable homicide."

Bloomberg touted his work with other civic leaders on the issue and said they are seeking to eliminate such laws in Florida and elsewhere: "The tragic death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed child attempting to walk home from the store, will continue to drive our efforts," he said.

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TOPICS: US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; guncontrol; limolib; michaelbloomberg; newyorkcity; nyc; reprehensible; secondamendment; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Bloomberg’s father must have been one heck of a jockstrap to support a d!ck like that.


21 posted on 07/14/2013 1:11:31 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Tailgunner Joe

So, Mr. Bloomturd, what are you supposed to do? Wait until you are dead, and then shoot?


22 posted on 07/14/2013 1:11:31 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Idiot. He didn’t shoot first....he only shoot when he was attacked by 3 year old baby trayvon!


23 posted on 07/14/2013 1:11:37 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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To: All

if they didn’t blatantly lie, they would never be able to open their mouths.


24 posted on 07/14/2013 1:12:43 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
http://www.gzdefensefund.com/donate/

25 posted on 07/14/2013 1:13:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The stupidity of this man never ceases to amaze me. On a side note, I hope Bloomberg caught this tweet because it may just push him over the edge:

@NewsBreaker : NEW: George Zimmerman’s attorney tells @MattGutmanABC Zimmerman will get gun back + would use it again. Says he needs it now more than ever 6 mins ago


26 posted on 07/14/2013 1:13:02 PM PDT by Gorilla44
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To: 101stAirborneVet

I have often recently thought this.

I remember seeing a video of Saddam Hussien, when he took power, calling out names and telling them how they betrayed him, then having them taken outside and executed.

I used to not be able to make the connection that someone could do this in any situation. It didn’t seem in any way, shape or form a reasonable resolution.

These days I often wonder if I would care if that happened to the political leaders of the Left(whether democrat or republican)

I am pretty sure it wouldn’t hurt this country if it happened.

I feel I am a reasonable guy but there are things that they do and say that make me want to start snapping necks.


27 posted on 07/14/2013 1:13:54 PM PDT by BookaT
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hmmmmm. Wonder many hoody, Skittle eating punks have visited Zimmermans community recently?


28 posted on 07/14/2013 1:15:24 PM PDT by albie (t allowed)
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To: Gorilla44

That’s exactly what Zimmerman’s brother said in his interview with Piers Morgan after the verdict was read last night.


29 posted on 07/14/2013 1:16:11 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Two teen boys arrested in shooting death of Georgia infant - Fox News www.foxnews.com/.../police-georgia-infant-killed-while-pushed-in-stroll...‎ Mar 22, 2013 - Seventeen-year-old De'Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with ... to go around to the stroller and he shot my baby in the face," she said.

NOTICE they are NOT identified as BLACK teens...

Was the 13 month old white/hispanic BABY able to defend itself against their GUNS?

30 posted on 07/14/2013 1:17:40 PM PDT by EinNYC
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31 posted on 07/14/2013 1:18:16 PM PDT by RedMDer (When immigrants cannot or will not assimilate, its really just an invasion. Throw them out!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Bloomberg wants us to just roll over and take it while these ANIMALS runs wild playing the Knock-out game and KILLING innocent people.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/knockout-game-victims-eye-kicked-out-of-socket/

forget that! some punk hits me, I am shooting to kill.


32 posted on 07/14/2013 1:18:47 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Please select your Option:

#1a Shoot your assailant
#1b Spend the next year+ in legal hell
#1c Be acquitted by a jury of your peers
#1d Spend the rest of your life hiding from racists, assorted idiot politicians and the motley crew of media types
#2a Wait until your assailant pounds your skull to a pulp
#2b You die
#2c Your assailant takes your gun
#2d HE shoots first at his next victim
#3a Wait until Bloomberg sends police help
#3b Wait
#3c Wait
#3d Die of old age... Go to
#2c Your assailant takes your gun
#2d HE shoots first at his next victim


33 posted on 07/14/2013 1:18:48 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Is Bloomturd willing to give up his armed bodyguards?

If not, then he should shut his midget pie-hole.


34 posted on 07/14/2013 1:19:12 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a chain of convenience stores.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

We could always outlaw guns and become like Chicago or Detroit and lose 200 or 300a year to people like Trayvon.


35 posted on 07/14/2013 1:19:20 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Tailgunner Joe

bloomburg, you pinhead...maybe there should be a law against attacking someone, beating their face and ramming their head into the cement sidewalk. Oh, wait...there already is.


36 posted on 07/14/2013 1:21:15 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Oh Mayor Bloomberg, it is “stand your ground law”, but then again, he has no idea what it is all about.


37 posted on 07/14/2013 1:23:05 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: gitmo

Tragedies occur every day in inner cities throughout the nation, and they don’t occur because we don’t have enough laws on the books. They occur because we are failing as a society to pass on virtue and respect for life.


38 posted on 07/14/2013 1:26:14 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Tell me what rules Bloomberg’s security detail is operating under.


39 posted on 07/14/2013 1:28:49 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: Tailgunner Joe
If a young black male jumped on Bloomberg and started to bang his head into the concrete, what would he have is armed guards do? What if the kid was running at Bloomberg with a machete, would he approve of his armed guards “shooting first”?

The total silliness in all of this is the oft repeated claim/inference that Zimmerman was the aggressor. All of the evidence points toward Martin starting the fight, and being in the process of delivering a beating on Zimmerman, up to the point when he got shot.

If people don't want to get shot dead, they should first and foremost not assault other people.

Nothing Zimmerman did, nor even anything they claimed he did warrants an assault.

Note to all young thug-wanta-be types: It is not OK to assault someone just because you think they are a creepy-ass-cracker, or because you are feeling dissed. Doing so might result in your being dead within seconds.

40 posted on 07/14/2013 1:29:15 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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