Posted on 04/17/2014 9:20:44 AM PDT by neverdem
The former New York City mayor is dedicating himself to a new group that will organize voters who support gun control; called Everytown for Gun Safety, it will subsume his existing groups (Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense), and it will focus specifically on expanding background checks. His previous approach was to fund ad campaigns in races where gun control was an issue.
Here's how he matches up with his arch-rival.
Money
Bloomberg says he'll be putting at least $50 million into the project this year -- and according to the New York Times, he said this "as if he were describing the tip he left on a restaurant check." He continued: "Certainly a number like that, $50 million. Let's see what happens."
According to the NRA's 2011 990 form, it pulled in more than $240 million that year, but it's difficult to say how much of that money Bloomberg will be fighting against, because the NRA isn't solely dedicated to political activism and not all of its political activism is dedicated to gun rights. (It also involves itself in hunting rights, free speech, etc.)
Only $17 million was spent through the Institute for Legislative Action, the arm of the organization dedicated exclusively to politics, and another $33.5 million was spent on publications, which include legislation-related articles but also hunting tips and whatnot...
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolicy.com ...
This is meant to bankrupt the NRA.
It’s Reaganesque. That’s what he did to the Soviets.
I wouldn’t wish contact with that statist tyrant a-hole on a perfectly innocent herpes virus.
Glad to see this runt waste $50 million, but he still ticks me off.
Gun rights doesn’t win because the NRA is spending money, it wins because there are 10,000+ politically active gun owners in each and every congressional district.
Mediaspeak "grassroots" = funded by a fat cat anti-gun democrat or the national democratic party
"NRA" = opposition to gun control by millions of gun owners - true grass roots
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