Saturday, May 12, 2007
Is Mayor Bloomberg a felon by breaking laws in Virginia?
Friday, May 11, 2007
In an effort to end the illegal, covert "Simulated Straw Purchase" stings that anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) has been misguidedly promoting of late, Virginia Attorney General Robert McDonnell (R) recently sent a letter to Bloomberg reminding him that Virginia’s House Bill 2653 - which prohibits gun dealer entrapment schemes such as those orchestrated by the Mayor - will go into effect this summer.
With the new law going into effect in July, Bloomberg and his agents could face legal action and be charged with a felony if they do not cease their dubious "sting" operations.
"While I understand that you are attempting to take steps that you believe may enhance the public safety of the citizens of New York City, such laws are Virginia's duty to enforce," said McDonnell in his letter to the Mayor. "This new law strikes the proper balance between ensuring effective law enforcement and protecting the rights of law-abiding firearms dealers and those of Virginia citizens under the Second Amendment."
In a May 10, Washington Times article, Tucker Martin, a spokesman for Mr. McDonnell’s office, said, "Law-abiding Virginia gun dealers certainly do not deserve to be targeted by private agents intentionally misleading them as to their intentions and motives. This is a courtesy to the mayor. Prior actions of his are now felony offenses in the commonwealth, and he knows this."
Virginia’s state House and Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure, which was signed into law by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D) on March 23, 2007.
Copyright 2007, National Rifle Association of America, Institute for Legislative Action.
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The emotional debate regarding gun ownership in the U.S. is fueled by cases of automatic weapons disasters such as the latest one at Virginia Tech. It is beyond me why people on either side of the polarizing issues that we face in society are so unwilling to support a reasonable middle ground. Most of us, including progressives like myself, fully support the second amendment and the right of citizens to bear arms. But why should any society want to condone the unfettered distribution of automatic weaponry? What purpose does it serve? Hunting, no. Self-defense, no. Killing scores of innocent civilians, possibly. The only other purpose is for gun collecting, which seems like a small sacrifice to make for the common welfare of all.
ReplyDeleteBut this is a debate that is similar to the abortion issue in that advocates on either side are unwilling to give up even an inch of ground for fear of the dominoe effect. Gee, if we ban Uzi's, the next thing you know they'll take my shotgun away! Gee, if we ban the partial-birth abortion procedure, the next thing you know they'll take away my birth control pills!
To "choosetoday";
ReplyDeleteThe guns were not automatic's. Don't be misleading. Oh! I forgot -that's what progressives do! Progressive; isn't that the new friendlier name for liberal?
Automatic weapons are illegal in the U.S. except for law enforcement and military. Private citizens cannot buy them.
Cho used two handguns, a .22 caliber semi-auto and a 9mm semi-auto, neither of them especially powerful or exotic. You have to pull the trigger each time you want to fire a single shot. Contrary to the false promises of gun controllers, firearms cannot be neatly sorted into "good" and "evil" categories; any weapon that can be used for self-defense (or for hunting) also can be used to murder people. A gun's specific features matter even less if the victims are unarmed. Even a single action revolver can be deadly in the wrong hands.
This is not an issue about guns but about people, bad people! Liberal policies such as not reporting Cho's mental problems to a national database are what killed 32 people at Virginia Tech.
P.S. If you had ever watched the partial birth procedure as I did a few years ago; you wouldn't support any kind of abortion, except in the case of rape, incest or medical emergencies.