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Michael Bloomberg suggests disarming minorities to ‘keep them alive’
The Washington Times ^ | February 8, 2015 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 02/09/2015 6:35:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly argued Friday that guns need to be kept out of the hands of minorities in order to keep them alive.

While speaking at the Aspen Institute, Mr. Bloomberg, 72, said 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: a male minority between the ages of 15 and 25, The Aspen Times reported.

Cities need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive, the former three-term mayor said, according to The Times.

“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” Mr. Bloomberg said, The Times reported. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”

Mr. Bloomberg brought up the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, recalling a time during his last year in office when a Baptist minster in Harlem invited him to speak at their church, The Times reported.

“While I’m sitting there waiting for him to introduce me, he said to his congregation, ‘You know, if every one of you stopped and frisked your kid before they went out at night, the mayor wouldn’t have to do it,’” Mr. Bloomberg said. “And so I knew I was going to be OK with that audience.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Colorado; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; aspen; aspeninstitute; banglist; guncontrol; harlem; michaelbloomberg; minorities; nannystate; racism; warsawghetto
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To: The_Victor
"How ‘bout we ban large cities? They’re more dangerous than the guns."

How about if we ban Democrats? If Mr. Bloomberg statistic that "95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: a male minority between the ages of 15 and 25", based on minority voting patterns, wouldn't eliminating the Democrat party eliminate over 90% of all homicides? (In spite of being refreshingly Politically Incorrect, Bloomie's statistic is in fact wrong, BTW.)

41 posted on 02/09/2015 8:31:22 PM PST by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: QuisCustodiet1776
The overt racists on this forum make me sick.

Just who the heck are you talking about? Almost every post on this thread is taking Bloomberg to task for his racist attack on the rights of black Americans. Somebody on another thread got yer panties in a twist?

42 posted on 02/09/2015 8:33:23 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Dallas59

I want the middle one in the bottom row.


43 posted on 02/09/2015 8:58:10 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: John Valentine

Don’t forget cars. Those are popular these days, too.


44 posted on 02/09/2015 9:30:26 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Strip Mike Bloomberg of his bodyguards ans security. Let him life a potential victim in his precious Big Apple penthouse. It would be justice to see him mugged by the vermin he loves.
45 posted on 02/10/2015 12:28:24 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: backwoods-engineer
Ghost of Jim Crow! The loss of the right to keep and bear arms is the loss of HUMAN RIGHTS.

Bloomy must be related to the Margaret Sanger family...

46 posted on 02/10/2015 5:23:14 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Dallas59
Your pic begs the comparison:

OTIK, just get rid of Bloomy!

47 posted on 02/10/2015 6:27:54 AM PST by W. (Dem0crat-mandated education reform killed American progress. Thanks, morons!)
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To: wjcsux
I want the middle one in the bottom row.

I'm pretty sure that all those gifs are the SAME WOMAN.

48 posted on 02/10/2015 7:17:49 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I seem to recall the KKK saying the same thing, as a result an organization was created to ensure equal rights for the newly freed black Americans. That organization was created to train these freed blacks to use arms effectively....

They were named the National Rifle Association.....

Idiots that forget history are doomed to repeat it.


49 posted on 02/10/2015 1:07:20 PM PST by CSM
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To: QuisCustodiet1776

“The overt racists on this forum make me sick.”

Point them out to the rest of us. I don’t see your claim at all on this thread. However, I do see many astute FReepers point out that it is a historical fact that the racist elites have always used racism as their basis for gun control.

Remembering and pointing that out is not racist. The repeating of it by the likes of Bloomberg and his ilk is racist.


50 posted on 02/10/2015 1:12:53 PM PST by CSM
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To: Vince Ferrer

How about stop punishing marriage? It’s commitment to marriage itself that builds strong marriages.


51 posted on 02/10/2015 1:48:54 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What a kook. What next, keep large soda’s out of their hands?


52 posted on 02/10/2015 1:53:31 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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