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    Michael Bloomberg: ‘You’d Think That if a Congresswoman Got Shot in the Head‘ it Would Change Congress’ Views on Gun Control

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    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords should have sparked a national dialogue about gun laws.

    Bloomberg, a political independent and longtime advocate for gun control, made his comments on NBC's "Meet the Press" hours before his gun control ad with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino was scheduled to air during the Super Bowl.

    "You’d think that if a congresswoman got shot in the head, that would have changed Congress’ views," Bloomberg told NBC's David Gregory, who asked why the issue of gun control has been "overtaken by the politics of indifference."

    Bloomberg continued, "I can tell you how to change it, just get Congress to come with me to the hospital when I’ve got tell somebody that their son or daughter, their spouse, their parent is not going to come home ever again. This past week, sadly, even though the murder rate in New York is so much lower than almost every big city, we still had a cop shot last week with a gun that somebody had even though the federal laws prohibited that person from having a gun."

    Calling on Congress to provide funding to ensure proper background checks and close loopholes to make sure current laws are enforced, claiming that since the 1960s, nearly 400,000 Americans have died in gun violence -- more than the number of Americans who died during World War II.

    "I don’t know who has to get killed for people to start saying ‘wait a second, this is enough,'" Bloomberg said.

    Watch the clip below, via NBC:

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    • AuroraNox  •  Pioche, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      You hill-billy red necks and your fringing notion about guns. They should be registered like a boat, automobile or jet ski boat; or better yet, better background checks. No more bought across the counter at a gun-nut show tent or what have you. Sign up at the gun show, pay your down payment; wait sixty days until you've been fully vetted.
    • Andrew RF  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      Hey Bloombrain: A gun needs a fool such as you to do something bad (as you have). CONTROL CRIMINALS - NOT GUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • LibertyOrDeath  •  La Crosse, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that you won't need it until they try to take it away."---Thomas Jefferson
      • Terra 3 mths ago
        Right, because that is when the want to make it impossible for the citizens of the USA to defend themselves against a corrupt govt. ....... No thank you.
    • Mr. Humor  •  Des Moines, Iowa  •  3 mths ago
      The good Congress Lady that got shot would not have been shot if the local sheriff did his job. The sheriff's office had contact with the shooter 30 times after the shooter making threats against various people. It seems the shooter's family was politically connected so the sheriff failed in his duty to protect the community from known threats.
    • MDB  •  3 mths ago
      The problem here in America is that criminals and nut cases who use guns to commit crimes know that there is a plethora of lawyers out there to plead "extenduating circumstances" and they get off with light sentences. In Europe if you use a gun in commission of a crime....they lock you up and throw away the key.
      • The MM. 3 mths ago
        #$%$ Europe is much more lenient than us. No death penalty, life means only 25 yrs, that B Muslim Bosnian in Germany that killed 2 US servicemen at the Frankfurt airport about 1 &1/2 yrs ago, the max. by German law will be 12 yrs.Check your facts.
    • james  •  3 mths ago
      Laws are on the books; ENFORCE THEM. Leave us good people alone.
    • Who Me  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      My brother was stabbed and killed with a knife, yet I am not harping about knife control. I have also lost a couple close friends to criminal shootings and I am not calling for more control laws. I wish Mayor Michael Bloomberg would have come with me when I had to tell the family of soldiers in combat, that their kids are not coming home. Then maybe he would start complaining about all the wars we are in.
    • Don  •  3 mths ago
      Re; ," we still had a cop shot last week with a gun that somebody had even though the federal laws prohibited that person from having a gun."

      So we pass another law for some criminal to break, get himself another illegal gun, and shoot someone else? Or enforce the laws we already have? Laws don't stop thieves from stealing guns and guns don't shoot themselves.
      Statistics say that I probably will not be able to protect myself from criminals even if I have a gun, but I want that chance, because I know I won't have a chance without one.
      And when is the last time that Bloomberg went anywhere without armed protection within shouting distance any way.Oh that I could afford a bodyguard.
    • LibertyOrDeath  •  La Crosse, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms, disarms only those who are neither inclined, nor determined to commit crimes... They serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides..."
      -Thomas Jefferson,
    • Bbstackr  •  3 mths ago
      New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoys the protection of armed security 24/7. When he takes their guns away, we can open a dialogue about mine.
    • WardV  •  3 mths ago
      What Bloomberg thinks does not change the constitution. Obviously this man has no f\regard for those rights he does not feel fits his struggle for more complete control as a politician.
      • M110 How 3 mths ago
        He's a Libturd, a true blue Libturd.
      • Mike E. Nine 3 mths ago
        A true blue Libturd Jew........
    • Raleigh  •  3 mths ago
      Bloomberg says the problem is illegal guns. Then the solution is to enforce the laws we already have. Not to make it harder for honest people to get guns legally.
    • Clarence  •  South Bend, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Of course he'll say that. The founding fathers gave citizens the right to arm themselves in case government officials like him become too tyranical.
    • V FOR VENDETTA  •  Greenville, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      After the killing of TWO US Presidents - I dont think that the Congress woman holds much ground on this issue. ( I wish her well - Its NOT fun being shot - I know first hand )
      I AM for gun rights ( I carry EVERY DAY ) BUT we have to keep them out of the wrong hands !
    • JohnChiTown  •  3 mths ago
      If we had more uniform laws in all the states and then just enforced those laws - we would not need to restrict guns. In virtually all high profile gun violence incidents - the shooters fit various categories of people that should not have had the guns to begin with.

      It is not much different than the illegal immigration problems - there are laws to handle these issues - all that is needed is to enforce the existing laws. When a person with mental, legal or other problems that disqualify them from obtaining or buying a gun or ammo - why ere they not put on the existing data bases so they could not get the guns.

      Hold those responsible for reporting & checking the data bases to do their jobs.
    • Honest Abe  •  Parsippany, New Jersey  •  3 mths ago
      Bloomberg caters only to his eliteist friends, ask him why Donald Trump has a N.Y.C. carry permit along with a great many other high rollers and celebrity friends of his. This is the same old #$%$ take away from the common people but give to the eliteists.
    • Bbstackr  •  3 mths ago
      When Bloomberg bans guns, I'll just buy mine from Eric Holder.
    • hookedonharley  •  3 mths ago
      bite me bloomberg.. You're just another sad case of the uber rich trying to subjugate the masses. Ain't goona work. Maybe you need to hide
    • Robert A  •  3 mths ago
      What a self-serving, pompous #$%$ We have laws on the books against selling firearms to the insane and people with mental disorders. The shooter in AZ was so crazy he scared people for years, yet nothing was done. So let's declare the Bill or Rights null and void because a crazy person might do something bad. We'll need to update the national anthem to remove "Land of the free", but don't worry. Your government will take care of you, not trouble you with having to decide anything for yourself. Remember, Big Brother is watching
      • TuffTee 3 mths ago
        Just how would keep crazys from getting guns ,so far nothing has worked and more gun control won,t help .Maby we should just lock everyone who looks crazy up .
    • free USA  •  3 mths ago
      Here we go again. Penalize good people, because bad guys can't behave. Bad guys will be bad guys, no matter what you do.

      THE HERD NEEDS TO BE THINNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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