NYC Mayor: NRA's Power Is 'Vastly Overrated'

[bayoubill]

oh yeah... we're long overdue for federal action that'll do absolutely nothing to fix the problem... but will in the meantime take away the rights of legitimate gun owners... seen that before...

well, there can't be no solutions if you and yours cut off all discussion as "trying to take [our] guns".

the solution from the gun nuts is always arm more people... get bigger weapons...

blow 'em up real good.

In light of your comment, I find your sig ironic...

may I paraphrase it...?

"When the Founding Fathers protected our right to bear arms, I think that meant we were supposed to use it."

 

[bayoubill]

I thought we agreed on a lot... just not guns.

mebbe so... I'm an old dude with a short memory...

 

[bayoubill]

At present there may be a lot more Senators that think that maybe little kids in school have a right to live.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/current-events/267818-dumbfuckism-on-full-display-here.html

 

[RoadVirus]

Standing as one of the nation's most vocal politicians for gun control, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg downplayed the "vastly overrated" power of one of the nation's most prominent gun-lobbying groups on Sunday.Michael Bloomberg: NRA Power Is 'Vastly Overrated'

So are you Bloomberg, you Nanny Stater.

 

[9thIDdoc]

oh yeah... we're long overdue for federal action that'll do absolutely nothing to fix the problem... but will in the meantime take away the rights of legitimate gun owners... seen that before...

Besides the hyperbole where have you seen this before, where legitimate gun owners lost their guns?

California

 

[Luddly Neddite]

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Very telling that no pro-gun politicians accepted the invitation from MTP.

Most of the cowards have been silent. Not even sympathy for the victims.

NRA is paid by the gun makers and in turn buys politicians. The extent of their power is expressed in $$. That's why neither the NRA nor the (mostly R) politicians have the courage to admit they're owned.

Take their guns away and they're nothing.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Standing as one of the nation's most vocal politicians for gun control, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg downplayed the "vastly overrated" power of one of the nation's most prominent gun-lobbying groups on Sunday.

In the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school shooting, Bloomberg appeared on NBC's "Meet The Press," addressing the notion that the National Rifle Association (NRA) has kept officials from taking action on the guns issue.

"The NRA's number one objective this time was to defeat Barack Obama for a second term," he said. "Last time I checked the election results, he won and he won comfortably. This myth that the NRA can destroy political careers is just not true."

The mayor's "Meet The Press" comments coincided with the decision made by 31 pro-gun rights lawmakers' to decline an appearance on the same show.

"We reached out to all 31 pro-gun rights senators in the new Congress to invite them on the program to share their views on the subject this morning," host David Gregory said. "We had no takers."

"Meet The Press" did not release a list of the names of those elected officials. But the show did tell The Huffington Post that the group was comprised of 113th Congress members who were given an "A" rating by gun groups -- specifically the NRA and Gun Owners Of America.

Michael Bloomberg: NRA Power Is 'Vastly Overrated'

Hey, TruthOut, thanks for the link in your sig.

Surely that's one thing that both sides agree on.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Here we go with the Nra, last week it was Grover Norquist they hated on and blamed for everything

who will it be tomorrow?

And yet, the Republicans sold this country out to both of them.