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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 04/13/2009 10:06:35 AM PDT by freespirited
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is getting involved in an election other than his own this November, thanks to an issue he has long cared about: gun control.
Hoping to make a splash in the Virginia governor’s race, Mr. Bloomberg showed up here Monday to unveil a new commercial criticizing former Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, the presumptive Republican nominee, who is a strong gun-rights supporter.
Mr. Bloomberg was joined about a dozen people, including survivors of the Virginia Tech shootings, their relatives, and Tatyana Timoshenko, the mother of Police Offcer Russel Timoshenko, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2007.
The 30-second ad — timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, on April 16 — features Omar Samaha, whose sister, Reema, was one of the 32 people who died. Mr. Samaha calls for Virginia lawmakers to close what he argues is a gun-show loophole that allows private sellers to sell guns without background checks.
And in blunt language, the ad goes after Mr. McDonnell. “Bob McDonnell wants to keep this loophole again,” Mr. Samaha says. “I know closing the loophole won’t bring Reema back, but the question is: Whose sister is next?” The ad concludes by saying, “Ask Bob McDonnell why he’s protecting criminals instead of protecting us.”
Even though Mr. Bloomberg’s name is not mentioned, he is clearly the driving force. The ad is being financed by a group called Americans United for Safe Streets, a political action committee based in Washington that received $502,335 in contributions in 2008. Of that amount, $500,000 came from Mr. Bloomberg, and of the group’s 12 contributors, 9 are from New York City, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Liberal busybodies from NYC arrive in Virginia. Who would have thunk it?
Bloomberg is a bit late to push Virginia into tightening its gun control laws as the General Assembly session ended a few weeks ago.
Bloomberg and Hitler, together for increased state power over the individual, and of course, gun control.
Nice. What a putz
McDonnell could really hammer the Dems with this in VA. I’m sure there is no love lost between everybody south of Northern VA and Twinkle-Toes Bloomberg.
Bloomberg needs to take his sorry butt back to NY.
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Let Freedom Ring,
Government does not try to restrict an individual from privately selling his vehicle before first performing a background check on the intended buyer...and guess what? Motor vehicle accidents accounted for 1.8% of deaths in the United States, as opposed to 1.2% due to firearms.
As for Bloomberg...he is a moron and should have stayed in the stock market and out of politics
thanks, bfl
He shouldn’t be worried as much about us sending our guns up there as he should be when we start sending our bullets.
Wow, gutsy, does Bloomie realize that a negative endorsement from him probably equates to a positive endorsement in VA?
No law would have stopped the madman (Cho) from obtaining a firearm. That much is obvious to me.
Running against Michael Bloomberg(’s wallet) in Virginia should be worth at least an additional 10 percentage points for the (real) Republican...
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