Bloomberg announces new gun control effort.

[Cldedhnds]

He is a fine example of the direction our country has gone advocating elitism and royalty. If you have the money you can influence laws and elections in favor of your PERSONAL beliefs. One rich Jackapple really has the same voting power as hundreds of true citizens and goes against what the forefathers wanted.

 

[Redtbird]

So basically, what Bloomieberger is saying, "I'm going to spend my $50M and BUY as many votes as I can, and YOU can't stop me!"

WoW! I thought that was illegal.

 

[jwh20]

As always with these people, it's about POWER. Bloomberg and his allies in the leftist-elitist crowd are really PISSED that their push to roll back yet another of our civil liberties failed in the Senate and sparked a totally unexpected (on their part at least) backlash at the state level. So other than those places where "double-secret" laws were rammed through without notice like NY, CT, MD, and CO, we have federal nullification, stronger protection for gun rights, and more carry legalization than before. I like it because they though they were just rolling over a dead-horse but it was a lion and it had teeth and claws.

So we're now back to stirring the emotional pot and waiting (I would say HOPING) for another Sandy Hook to provide the leverage they need to reset this "discussion" yet again.

The 2014 elections are going to be interesting. Of course the ACA is what the news media is talking about as the thing that is hurting the Democrats but I think they (again) underestimate how the gun-issue will play out come November.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Campaign ID is a promotion number or recruiter number. In this case it is a recruiter number. It is used to indiacate which recruiter a member signed up through.

That is just one of the NRA's marketing campaigns. If you don't want a particular membership purchase being linked to a particular mailing, you can hit the same join page without the campaign ID here. Just be aware that option will result in your paying full price.

Yeah, was just curious what that campaign was before I go sharing it

 

[IndyDave1776]

I miss the good old days when traitors were tried, convicted, and executed.

 

[1775usmarine]

I miss the good old days when traitors were tried, convicted, and executed.

They eventually end up in Russia or have gobs of money to bribe people.

 

[VERT]

I caught Watts and Bloemberg on the news this morning. Of course the news talked about Watts being a concerned stay at home Mom. Let's see, she was in the PR business prior to playing mom. Now she is on National TV with Mikey beating the war drums. All of this "sparked" by Sandy Hook. All seems a bit too convenient.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I caught Watts and Bloemberg on the news this morning. Of course the news talked about Watts being a concerned stay at home Mom. Let's see, she was in the PR business prior to playing mom. Now she is on National TV with Mikey beating the war drums. All of this "sparked" by Sandy Hook. All seems a bit too convenient.

VERT, CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST DISCOVERED NANCY PELOSI'S 'ASTROTURF'!

 

[VERT]

VERT, CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST DISCOVERED NANCY PELOSI'S 'ASTROTURF'!

I know I just stated the obvious. Well at least this group does not have our heads in the sand. Trust me the media eats this junk up. All about the marketing and who has the best story.

 

[TTravis]

I just renewed my NRA membership after reading this. Thanks for reminding me Bloomberg!

 

[avboiler11]

Good. Let him spend his money. If its good for the Koch Brothers, its good for Bloomberg. I don't have a problem with it.

His initiative is cleverly named (aver all, who could possibly be opposed to 'gun safety' or for 'illegal guns'?) but isn't going to change many minds; I'd wager most folks, including mothers, have theirs pretty well made up since mid-December 2012.

Also, if a Republican talked about "wearing down" women they way Bloomberg did, the screeching from the left would come hard and fast regardless of the context it was spoken in.

Also, this was taken as a joke when pregnant with our first, but this is what my sons' left-leaning mom happens to think about Bloomy:

 

[Trooper]

They really hate the effectiveness of the NRA in uniting average people. And the NRA is funded by the common man rather than one billionaire.

 

[williamsburg]

They really hate the effectiveness of the NRA in uniting average people. And the NRA is funded by the common man rather than one billionaire.

That is the one thing they continue to overlook. And that a large number of NRA Members also have a voters registration card.

 

[rw02kr43]

So he's wanting women to be disarmed? He must want woman to be raped or attacked. Take away their ability to defend themselves. I guess there really is a war on women. It's from the left. Who knew?

Jason

 

[cobber]

With talk like that I'm sure whatever god he prays to already has him heading down the highway to hell.

"If" there is a God, He's probably not impressed by such acts of "faith"...

 

[schafe]

They really hate the effectiveness of the NRA in uniting average people. And the NRA is funded by the common man rather than one billionaire.

I think they have come to believe the Harry Reid lie about the NRA being funded by "The rich firearms industry" But the way I look at it, I won't try to disuade them from their misconception.
The more they believe that bit of misinformation, the less they recognize that they have firearms enthusiasts within their ranks, as part of the active, pro-2A voting block, which is one of the reasons they don't understand why gun control isn't as popular as they think it ought to be.

 

[searpinski]

He will never stop. I believe him. That's unfortunately why we must never stop either. Also, faith should really be left out of this (goes for INGO too).

 

[whitetailbowhunter]

LOL. This has got to be the most wasted use of 50 million dollars that has ever been budgeted. What an idiot.

 

[87iroc]

I'm sure my left leaning friends on FB won't be posting up 'just think about what good this money would do to feed hunger' or 'we could provide job training for returning soldiers'...

 

[IndyDave1776]

I know I just stated the obvious. Well at least this group does not have our heads in the sand. Trust me the media eats this junk up. All about the marketing and who has the best story.

Sorry if that sounded a bit flippant. I couldn't help addressing the lighter side of a serious thought!