Bloomberg's gun control group
Apr 21, 2010 22:58:21 GMT -5
Post by ruusso on Apr 21, 2010 22:58:21 GMT -5
Bloomberg's gun control group airs ad with Columbine footage urging background checks for gun sales
BY Adam Lisberg
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU
Wednesday, April 21st 2010, 4:00 AM
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is running TV ads using surveillance video from the Columbine massacre to encourage new restrictions on gun sales.
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Mayor Bloomberg's gun control group is dropping more than $250,000 on cable TV ads featuring surveillance video from the Columbine High School massacre to urge the Senate to put new restrictions on gun sales.
The ads say four guns used in the mass killings were bought at gun shows, where people can buy firearms without getting background checks.
"The killers got their guns because of a gap in the law," the announcer intones. "Momentum is building in the Senate to close the loophole. Eleven years after Columbine, it's time. Call your senator."
First aired Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the Columbine killings, the ads run on national cable networks and in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio and Virginia to target senators there.
"If you want to buy a gun at a gun shop, you have to go through a background check," Bloomberg said. "Unscrupulous dealers, they take their inventory, they go to a gun show and they sell it without getting background checks."
The city spent $1.5 million last year on private detectives who went undercover at gun shows and bought weapons even after telling the sellers they wouldn't have passed a background check.
Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group say the loophole allows firearms to end up in the hands of criminals.
Attempts to require the background checks have failed in Congress.
National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said background checks at gun shows would take too long and impede the rights of legal gun owners.
"They continue to try and abridge the rights of law-abiding citizens. They should focus their efforts on going after criminals," Arulanandam said. "The intent is to drive gun shows out of business."
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/21/2010-04-21_mikes_antigun_ad_airs_columbine_vid.html#ixzz0lnX2ItR7
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/21/2010-04-21_mikes_antigun_ad_airs_columbine_vid.html
BY Adam Lisberg
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU
Wednesday, April 21st 2010, 4:00 AM
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is running TV ads using surveillance video from the Columbine massacre to encourage new restrictions on gun sales.
Florescu for News
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is running TV ads using surveillance video from the Columbine massacre to encourage new restrictions on gun sales.
Related News
*
Mayor Bloomberg's gun control group is dropping more than $250,000 on cable TV ads featuring surveillance video from the Columbine High School massacre to urge the Senate to put new restrictions on gun sales.
The ads say four guns used in the mass killings were bought at gun shows, where people can buy firearms without getting background checks.
"The killers got their guns because of a gap in the law," the announcer intones. "Momentum is building in the Senate to close the loophole. Eleven years after Columbine, it's time. Call your senator."
First aired Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the Columbine killings, the ads run on national cable networks and in Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio and Virginia to target senators there.
"If you want to buy a gun at a gun shop, you have to go through a background check," Bloomberg said. "Unscrupulous dealers, they take their inventory, they go to a gun show and they sell it without getting background checks."
The city spent $1.5 million last year on private detectives who went undercover at gun shows and bought weapons even after telling the sellers they wouldn't have passed a background check.
Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group say the loophole allows firearms to end up in the hands of criminals.
Attempts to require the background checks have failed in Congress.
National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said background checks at gun shows would take too long and impede the rights of legal gun owners.
"They continue to try and abridge the rights of law-abiding citizens. They should focus their efforts on going after criminals," Arulanandam said. "The intent is to drive gun shows out of business."
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/21/2010-04-21_mikes_antigun_ad_airs_columbine_vid.html#ixzz0lnX2ItR7
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/21/2010-04-21_mikes_antigun_ad_airs_columbine_vid.html