MAYOR TAKES AIM VS. GUNS ("We will take our message to Albany, to Washington...," Bloomberg said.)

NEW YORK POST ^ | January 2, 2006 | STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN

[neverdem]

Routing the city's "scourge of illegal guns" will be the top priority in the next four years, Mayor Bloomberg pledged yesterday as he was sworn in for a second term.

"Our most urgent challenge is ending the threat of guns and the violence they do," Bloomberg said during his inaugural address on the steps of City Hall — winning the loudest applause of the 19-minute speech.

"Now we have a duty as well, one that rises above partisan politics, and one that we will pursue relentlessly: And that is to rid our streets of guns, and punish all of those who possess and traffic in these instruments of death," Bloomberg told 5,000 supporters.

Invoking the names of Officers Dillon Stewart and Daniel Enchautegui — the two NYPD cops recently gunned down, the mayor vowed to raise his anti-gun crusade to the national stage.

"We will take our message to Albany, to Washington, and to every capital of every state that permits guns to flow freely across its borders," Bloomberg said.

"This is a national threat — one that crosses city lines and state boundaries."

Bloomberg's push for a further gun crackdown comes in the wake of state lawmakers' passage last month of the "heroes law" — named for Stewart and Enchautegui — which increases penalties for trafficking in illegal guns and for gun crimes against cops.

The Post had crusaded for the law in the wake of the slayings of the cops.

In what aides said was a swipe at the National Rifle Association, Bloomberg said, "To those who distort our laws and aid and abet hardened criminals, know this: We will not rest until we secure all the tools we need to protect New Yorkers from the scourge of illegal guns."

The need for action on gun violence was...

[Mr. Mojo]

"Our most urgent challenge is ending the threat of guns and the violence they do," Bloomberg said

< / Guns as sentient beings alert >

[Agent Smith]

Bloomberg is a rich RINO idiot with way too much time on his hands.

Perhaps he is George Soros's lost twin?

[Cobra64]

Handguns have been banned in NYC for many years. Bloomie is a loonie.

[Steel Wolf]

Bloomberg's push for a further gun crackdown comes in the wake of state lawmakers' passage last month of the "heroes law" — named for Stewart and Enchautegui — which increases penalties for trafficking in illegal guns and for gun crimes against cops.

I'm all for increased penalties for increased penalties for gun crimes period. The problem isn't gun control, it's criminal control.

[Bogolyubski]

Why doesn't this elitist POS move to Soviet Kanuckistan? It's always amusing to listen to a billionaire with a personal security detail, carrying weaponry that regular citizens are denied access to (like post 1986 full autos), blather on about the need for getting all those dangerous guns off the streets.

[GuineaRabbit]

"We will take our message to Albany, to Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Oregon, Washington DC. And then we're going to take back the whitehouse YAAAAAAARGH!"

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Does anybody else remember Rudy screaming like Dean about people being allowed to buy guns in Florida.

[RightWinger]

Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

Get rid of criminals and then you won't have to worry about guns.

Until then, good people need guns to protect themselves.

Sincerely,
Good Citizen

[stevie_d_64]

Happy New Year!!!

Here we go again!

Sure, Bloomberg...Come to Texas...Stay as long as you like...Spend all the money you can here to try and change things in Texas...

We won't even tell you yer wasting your time...And more important, your money...

[Travis McGee]

"Our most urgent challenge is ending the threat of guns and the violence they do,"

I still have not seen a gun jump up and do any violence without a criminal in control of it.

[neverdem]

Handguns have been banned in NYC for many years.

That's news to one of my best friends who practices regularly at the West Side Rifle & Pistol Range at 20 W 20TH St., New York, NY 10011-4213 (212) 929-7287. Parking is no problem after 6 PM on Friday evenings.

[PaxMacian]

"Our most urgent challenge is ending the threat of guns and the violence they do," Bloomberg said.

EVIL IS NOT A SUBSTANCE, BUT A DISAGREEMENT HOSTILE TO SUBSTANCE.
St. Augustine

[Abundy]

Give the VPC a little time...hysterical, kumbyah-singing ugly women are historically horrible when it comes to digitally doctoring a video...

[Fiddlstix]

"Our most urgent challenge is ending the threat of guns and the violence they do," Bloomberg said.....

Good Heavens! Guns have somehow "learned" how to pull their own triggers........
We're Doomed!
</sarcasm>

[Hurricane]

It takes a RUDY.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Rudy and Bloomie can both stay out of Florida. What we do here is none of their business!

[real saxophonist]

Well, that's it. I'm getting rid of my guns because of the violence they do. There's so much 'gun violence' and 'guns on the streets'... I got a flat tire just last week from 'guns on the streets'...

[GuineaRabbit]

That's odd I didn't run over a single gun on the way to work today.

I think all the blood spilling onto the streets after the klinton gun ban went away must have washed all the guns off the street too.

[Chode]

S&W Gun-Cam, hasn't moved yet...