Well, it's official, Bloomberg is losing his waged war on guns. With his largely failed MAIG campaign and this, what will he do next ?
No pun intended by the title of my thread, of course.
Link:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132007...ionalnews_.htm
July 13, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - In a stinging defeat for Mayor Bloomberg, pro-gun-rights Democrats teamed with House Republicans yesterday to block local governments and law-enforcement agencies from gaining routine access to gun-purchase data.
The House Appropriations Committee defeated two attempts by gun-control advocates to strip restrictions on the use of information from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tracing gun sales.
"As happens too often in Washington, common sense didn't carry the day - special interests did," said Bloomberg, the co-chairman of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Under Bloomberg, who recently left the GOP amid speculation he may run for president as an independent, New York City has sued out-of-state gun dealers in an attempt to reduce the flow of illegal guns there.
Gun-rights advocates, led by Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), said Bloomberg and other big-city mayors wanted to use the data in their suits against dealers who sell the guns that the mayors say disproportionately end up in the hands of criminals.
The mayors say gun tracing data helps police departments determine the source of illegal guns, who buys them and how they are distributed.
Almost three-fifths of guns used in crimes are sold by just 1 percent of gun dealers who forge relationships with gun traffickers making multiple purchases, gun-control advocates say.
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