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MIKE TARGETS NRA OVER COP SLAY [Bloomberg Alert]
NY Post ^ | December 3, 2005 | RITA DELFINER

Posted on 12/03/2005 5:29:16 AM PST by ncountylee

December 3, 2005 -- The National Rifle Association was in Mayor Bloomberg's cross hairs yesterday as he blasted the group for putting guns ahead of the lives of cops and children. "Fundamentally, if you want to solve the problem [of gun violence] it's up to Congress, and Congress keeps getting rolled by the NRA," the mayor said during his weekly WABC radio show.

"This is plain and simple, the NRA versus the lives of our children and our police officers," he declared.

Bloomberg described gun violence as a national issue after telling listeners he had earlier visited the 70th Precinct station house in Brooklyn and comrades of Officer Dillon Stewart, who was slain by a shot through the heart.

"I think it's really despicable for the mayor to try and inject politics into this very sad and tragic event," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.

"Our membership rolls are full of active and retired law-enforcement and military officers," the spokesman said. "It is not appropriate to talk about politics at this time. At this point in time our thoughts and prayers are with the slain police officer's family."

The Mayor's Office had no immediate reply to the NRA spokesman's comments.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; bradywatch; nra
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1 posted on 12/03/2005 5:29:17 AM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee
"Fundamentally, if you want to solve the problem [of gun violence] it's up to Congress,

You mean their going to make murder illegal?
2 posted on 12/03/2005 5:32:57 AM PST by txroadhawg ("Stuck on stupid? I invented stupid! " Al Gore)
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To: ncountylee
""This is plain and simple, the NRA versus the lives of our children and our police officers," he declared."

The man is a certifiable idiot.

3 posted on 12/03/2005 5:33:29 AM PST by verity (Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
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To: ncountylee
""This is plain and simple, the NRA versus the lives of our children and our police officers," he declared."

The man is a certifiable idiot.

4 posted on 12/03/2005 5:33:30 AM PST by verity (Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
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To: verity
The man is a certifiable idiot.

YUP!

5 posted on 12/03/2005 5:35:36 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee
Damn. I stuttered. lol
6 posted on 12/03/2005 5:37:25 AM PST by verity (Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
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To: ncountylee

Yeah - and Mike has done a lot towards taking drugs out of the hands of criminals. What makes him think that guns being illegal is going to "take them off the street." Once he cleans up the drug culture and we see no more drugs on the streets we'll talk about gun laws.


7 posted on 12/03/2005 5:40:22 AM PST by onevoter
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To: ncountylee

Was Officer Dillon slain by an NRA member?

<sarcasm/>

8 posted on 12/03/2005 5:40:53 AM PST by Fintan (Really, it's only a fever blister.)
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To: ncountylee

Dear Whining Liberal POS Mayor Blowhard......

Laws written on paper don't stop criminals....... start punishing your voter base with prison or worse vs pandering to em ya loser.


9 posted on 12/03/2005 5:43:18 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: ncountylee

When a liberal elected official fails in the performance of his duty, his first act is to look for a convenient conservative to blame.


10 posted on 12/03/2005 5:45:39 AM PST by samtheman
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To: ncountylee

What a fine crop of Republicans. Arnold takes a left-wing lesbian activist as his COS and Bloomberg takes on the NRA. I won't even detail the ditch driving the White House routinely does, but it all points to a real quandry in the Republican Party.


11 posted on 12/03/2005 5:46:15 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth (The problem with being a 'big tent' Party is that the clowns are seated with the paying customers.)
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To: ncountylee

Background link:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/29/officer.slain.ap/?section=cnn_law


12 posted on 12/03/2005 5:53:51 AM PST by elli1
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To: ncountylee
Yeah Bloomberg, ya scum bag.

Blame the NRA.

Blame the gun industry'.

But DON'T blame this guy.... Allan Cameron

Cop-slay suspect just took a nap

A day after proclaiming his innocence in a jailhouse interview, a Brooklyn man was indicted on Thursday on charges he killed one police officer and wounded another in separate shootings within 10 days of each other.

Police officials said a search of the suspect’s car produced more than 50 small bags of marijuana and shell casings that matched the alleged murder weapon, a 9mm handgun reported stolen in Florida in 1999. They also said that during questioning the suspect admitted being at the scene of the shooting.

oh, I found this tidbit 'interesting': "Cameron said he is a chronic dope smoker.."

13 posted on 12/03/2005 6:02:43 AM PST by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: ncountylee

Li'l Mikey even came out against the death penalty for the craven cop killer.


14 posted on 12/03/2005 6:07:50 AM PST by Oratam
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To: ncountylee

How does he blame the NRA, when the New York's laws have nothing to do with the vision the NRA has for America? It's like blaming the Pope for whatever is wrong with Las Vegas.

Dear Mike, you have the opposite of what the NRA wants, and still you blame them. Please explain yourself.


15 posted on 12/03/2005 6:09:07 AM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: ncountylee
What happened? Did Wayne La Pierre shoot the cop? Or is this just another scumbag, idiot politician placing blame where it doesn't belong simply for political gain?

No, don't bother answering, it was a rhetorical question!

Mark

16 posted on 12/03/2005 6:11:17 AM PST by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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To: onevoter
Yeah - and Mike has done a lot towards taking drugs out of the hands of criminals.

Well, he has! Look at all the enforcement of the anti-smoking laws, and the way they go after those criminal smokers!

Didn't they threaten to arrest Keith Richards for lighting up on stage at Madison Square Garden?

Mark

17 posted on 12/03/2005 6:12:57 AM PST by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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To: ncountylee
Maybe someone should explain to Bloomberg that it is the person holding a gun, pointing it at a human and pulling the trigger that is the problem, not the gun, the manufacturer or the organization.

It is totally irresponsible and politically motivated to think/speak otherwise.

18 posted on 12/03/2005 6:13:41 AM PST by Dustbunny (Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: MarkL

Yeah - good ol' Mike has made New York City a safer place to be. I worry everyday that some Winston smoker is going to kill me for the $15 that I have in my pocket.


19 posted on 12/03/2005 6:18:42 AM PST by onevoter
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To: ncountylee
When did the NRA advocate guns in the hands of cop-killers?

I must have missed that.
20 posted on 12/03/2005 6:23:46 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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