Category: Gun Grabbing Fascists

The New York Post reports that the city’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg launched another pointless sting against gun owners and PRIVATE sellers. This time on the internet;

Investigators searched 10 websites with 25,000 guns available for sale and, posing as buyers, contacted 125 sellers in 14 states.

They then began negotiating their purchases, admitting during each exchange that they couldn’t pass a background check.

That should have sounded the alarm bells, since federal law prohibits weapons sales to such dicey individuals.

But officials said only 48 of the 125 sellers followed the law.

They said sellers on Craigslist — which supposedly prohibits the sale of firearms on its site — failed the integrity test most often, 82 percent of the time.

Yes, this is despicable. Yes, I only want law abiding gun owners, but what is the point of this sting? These are PRIVATE sellers who don’t have licenses that can be revoked or restricted further. What does Bloomberg want to happen? Forbidding gun sales on the internet? Apparently these private sellers really don’t care who ends up with their guns, so forbidding gun sales on the internet won’t stop them.

Witness: Craigslist doesn’t allow people to sell guns on their website, but people do it anyway. So by passing more laws to restrict them won’t do anything except restrict people who DO respect the law.

But then Bloomberg is a liberal and the only thing that matters in liberalism is to look as if he’s concerned about an issue. Whether he can do anything constructive is irrelevant.

Go watch the video at the link and if you don’t want to punch Bloomberg in his smarmy face, you’re a better than I.

By the way, look at how Bloomberg blames the Ruger P95 9mm instead of the person who shot the police officer Bloomberg is talking about. Because guns kill people all by themselves. That’s why mine are in a gun safe so they don’t hunt me at night.

On a related note, firearm sales are up this holiday season according to a Sacramento CBS station;

This surge in gun sales — the best holiday sales season in three years, according to the Firearms Dealers Association — got a shot in the arm on Black Friday.

“Black Friday sales were off the charts this year,” a TDS employee said.

That’s good news…more gun owners mean fewer Obama Democrats.

Byron sends us a link to the story of David Sturdivant, the 64-year-old Marine Purple Heart recipient, who made the mistake of shooting at a man who was stealing from his shop while the cops were nearby filming a truTV show. (Atlanta Journal Constitution link)

According to police reports, Sturdivant awoke on that Friday afternoon to see Dennis Alexander in his yard. Alexander’s pickup was parked beside the engine repair shop attached to Sturdivant’s house and one of the riding lawnmowers in for repair was positioned near the open tailgate to the bed of the Dodge Ram. Alexander, jailed several times for property crimes but not charged in this case, told police he was there to buy parts.

“Get off my property and stop stealing my stuff,” Sturdivant shouted at Alexander from the second-floor balcony.

When Alexander didn’t depart, Sturdivant fired a single round from his commercial M14 which brought the TC star cos running and firing. It’s not clear if Sturdivant pointed his gun at cops, but he was wounded and lost his kidney as a result. While Sturdivant has been in jail awaiting trial, his house has burned and his shop has been stripped by criminals and he could lose his veteran benefits. He could have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, but Sturdivant feels he didn’t do anything wrong. I agree.

He was protecting his property from a known criminal a few yards from the cops who playing TV stars. In retrospect, he probably should have called the police before he took his shot, though, but that’s no excuseto let him lose everything. the prosecutor is obviously being a dick.

This ditz, Cary Carr, tells the story of how a man was shot by a 15-year-old thief, the victim, licensed to carry a concealed weapon, drew his own gun and shot the fleeing teen in the back and somehwo this doesn’t make her feel any safer. I guess that the fact that a 15-year-old running around her streets with a gun did make her feel safe?

This incident led me to wonder how many more students make the decision to carry weapons and not just guns. What’s really going to stop someone from bringing their weapon on campus? After all, aren’t these students carrying in order to feel protected when walking from classes or activities to their off-campus residencies? That doesn’t make me feel protected.

Dr. Jennifer Wood, associate professor in the department of criminal justice, said that guns only add to the problem and that the answer to safety may lie in Temple’s environmental approach.

“[Carrying guns] is obviously not a solution at all,” Wood said. “If anything it contributes to a climate of fear.”

Well, if the victim used his gun, apparently he didn’t feel safe on campus with good reason. And asking a professor about gun control is like asking a pig about the importance of hygiene. “Doctor” Jennifer Wood would have us all throw open our doors and allow the criminals to take whatever they want…well, except for Dr. Wood’s stuff.

If the criminals are carrying guns, obviously, the law abiding public needs to be similarly armed and trained.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe improving our relationships with community members won’t solve anything. But I would rather try all my alternatives and put a little faith in my neighborhood before I resort to carrying a lethal weapon. Knowing I possessed the ability to hurt or even kill another individual wouldn’t make me feel any safer.

Yeah, a liberal is just a conservative who hasn’t been mugged yet.

Thanks to ROS for the link.

Apparently, it’s Washington’s fault that New Yorkers are getting shot;

Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by gunfire, one fatally, over 24 hours of violence this weekend, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call the bloody stretch “unconscionable” and demand action from Washington.

The eruption of shootings from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday left the mayor livid and the parents of three wounded children distraught and angry.

Since handguns are illegal in new York City for most residents, I don’t how the laws could get tougher, unless they have a requirement for the criminals to take a marksmanship course before they go out on their shooting sprees.

And what “action” does Bloomberg the boob think that Washington can take?

The mayor called on all federal politicians, regardless of party, to get on the same page .

“Both ends of Pennsylvania Ave., both sides of the aisle,” he said. “We cannot continue to have these guns in the hands of kids who don’t understand the value of life.”

Well, then, enforce your own laws, mayor. Funny how politicians are always able to blame someone other than them-stupid-selves for their own failings. Give every law abiding New Yorker a gun and see how many criminals are willing to open fire on crowds when there’s a chance they could catch some inbound lead.