{"id":26403,"date":"2011-09-06T08:32:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26403"},"modified":"2011-09-06T08:32:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T12:32:38","slug":"bloomberg-calls-for-tougher-gun-laws-when-25-nyers-are-shot-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26403","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg calls for tougher gun laws when 24 NYers are shot in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, it&#8217;s Washington&#8217;s fault that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/ny_crime\/2011\/09\/05\/2011-09-05_bloody_weekend_24_shot_in_24_hours_prompting_mayor_bloomberg_to_call_for_tougher.html\">New Yorkers are getting shot<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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 &#8220;unconscionable&#8221; and demand action from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since handguns are illegal in new York City for most residents, I don&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>And what &#8220;action&#8221; does Bloomberg the boob think that Washington can take?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The mayor called on all federal politicians, regardless of party, to get on the same page .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both ends of Pennsylvania Ave., both sides of the aisle,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We cannot continue to have these guns in the hands of kids who don&#8217;t understand the value of life.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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&#8217;s a chance they could catch some inbound lead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, it&#8217;s Washington&#8217;s fault that New Yorkers are getting shot; Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by &hellip; <a title=\"Bloomberg calls for tougher gun laws when 24 NYers are shot in 24 hours\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26403\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bloomberg calls for tougher gun laws when 24 NYers are shot in 24 hours<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-grabbing-fascists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}