Billionaire Bloomberg and his anti-gun cronies at “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” (MAIG) simply blame others for their failure and refusal to deal effectively with violent crime and criminals. Bad people, not inanimate objects (like firearms) which are incapable of committing crime, are the problem. Fortunately, violent crime rates have dropped to record low levels in recent years while Congress and state legislatures are protecting and even restoring the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms for self-defense.
While MAIG’s claim to support laws that will lead to a reduction in crime rings hollow, perhaps a better expenditure of their time would be to focus their “crime-fighting” efforts on their own members.
Among MAIG’s members, many have run afoul of the law themselves, having been indicted, arrested, or convicted of crimes ranging from obstruction of justice and resisting arrest, to extortion, to assault, to bond violations, to bribery, and theft.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds, the Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, sums this up well when he recently noted, “A recent study found that mayors belonging to Bloomberg’s group have been arrested at a much higher rate than Tennessee handgun-carry permit holders, for crimes ranging from perjury and embezzlement to child sexual assault. But there’s no background check for politicians.” There probably isn’t time prior to Sunday’s big game to revamp the ad, but if Bloomberg and MAIG truly want to take a bite out of crime, perhaps they should first police themselves.