More on Bloomberg
Bob Barr says Bloomberg has misfired:
In a broad sense, it ought to concern us because if a government can illegally and forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens in one city simply because it proclaims a “crisis,” we are all subject to having our constitutional liberties trampled. Even if civil liberties organizations such as the NRA are successful in having those rights restored, much damage already will have ensued.
In another, very real, practical sense, all this is hitting home to Atlantans because New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who apparently has never met a firearm he likes — except those possessed by his own bodyguards — is bringing his anti-gun paranoia to our city’s suburbs.
Ayup. It’s publicity.
Side note: I’d also like to take this time to ask those who write about the gun issue (both pro-gun and anti-gun – and you folks in the press, but I repeat myself) to stop using the hideous firearm related puns, like misfired, up in arms, gun battle, missing the mark, shooting down, etc. It’s kinda lame.
