Virginia Gun Dealers Hold Contest to Protest New York Mayor Bloomberg's Gun Policy

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Virginia Gun Dealers Hold Contest to Protest New York Mayor Bloomberg's Gun Policy

Monday , March 19, 2007

AP

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Amid the Confederate flags, anti-Yankee bumper stickers and Civil War relics on display at Bob Moates Sport Shop, a counterattack against the North is under way.

"Ask about the Bloomberg Gun GiveAway" reads a sign taped to the gun shop's register, beckoning customers to enter the drawing named for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose federal lawsuits against gun dealers in five states have drawn the wrath of Virginia's gun enthusiasts.

Bloomberg says the dealers holding the contest are sick. The dealers call Bloomberg names that aren't fit to print.

"The truth is, if Bloomberg hadn't picked on Virginia, we wouldn't have gotten involved. But he made the mistake of stepping into Virginia with this," said Philip Van Cleave, president of the pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League and mastermind of the giveaway, which has boosted business for the two participating store owners.

The Republican mayor has sued 27 out-of-state gun dealers, alleging they sold firearms illegally to undercover private investigators conducting a sting for New York. City officials say the dealers have supplied hundreds of weapons used in New York City crimes. The lawsuits, which name dealers in Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, ask the court to require monitoring of the shops' sales.

Investigators tried to make "straw purchases," in which one person fills out the legal forms and buys a gun for someone else. The practice is prohibited by federal law and is typically used by those who cannot legally own firearms, such as convicted felons.

Nine dealers, including two in Virginia, have settled with the city, agreeing to be monitored by a court-appointed special master.

[JamesP81]

The Republican liberal mayor

Fixed.

[MAexile]

From the Foxnews.com story:

"These are sick people," Bloomberg said in January at the Mayors Against Illegal Guns summit in Washington. "And if they think that this is funny, I don't think that the parents or the spouses or the children of those that get killed with illegal guns would find that very entertaining."

I think someone touched a nerve. Don't you?

[Puppage]

"And if they think that this is funny, I don't think that the parents or the spouses or the children of those that get killed with illegal guns would find that very entertaining."

Well, if they were killed with illegal guns, they weren't purchased legally at a gun store, now were the Mikey?

[wastedyears]

Like they're supposed to know they're buying the guns for somebody else. Does Bloomberg think they're clairvoyants?

One good reason I don't live in Brooklyn anymore.

[Rakkasan1]

Someone should tell Bloomin' Idiot that murdering people is illegal,too.

Isn't NYC a "sanctuary city" for illegals?

[Calpernia]

I do you one better.

Bloomberg is a member of Stonewall.

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So, let me see....

The Republican liberal SOCIALIST mayor

Much better!

[KeyesPlease]

Read on a recent post how his anti-2A gun coalition of mayors is suffering some drop-outs. The reason given is that it is more about infringing 2A than about illegal guns.

I guess to Bloomberg, seeing the good people of Virginia exercise 1A and 2A rights is "sick".

[Parley Baer]

...and Bloomberg is thinking about running for President. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[sticker]

Has anyone demanded that the private investigation firms working for this POS be charged with illegally attempting to purchase firearms?

[contra9602]

Any politician who attacks our 2nd ammendment rights should be treated like a terrorist.

[JamesP81]

In this case, I will have to defer to your clearly better judgment.

[tcostell]

My understanding is that there is a federal investigation ongoing, but it's unlikely to produce an indictment given the Mayor's political clout.

Shame that. If there was one guy (other than Ted Kennedy) that I'd love to see do the perp walk it's Bloomberg.

[Nailbiter]

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