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Bloomberg Anti-Gun Campaign To Air Ads

Submitted by Rhea, Apr 20, 2007 14:28

Finally somebody got courage to look into the root of the schools shootings.
It is absolutely obvious that nobody would be able to isolate psychos from any society - they are its product. But at least a smart society must make all the efforts to diminish a possible damage.
It is a necessity of our time. We just do not have another choice.
The Civil War time is a history. Nobody REALLY needs guns for every day's life.
But we DO need to defense ourselves from massacres of sick minds.
If you playing with words about freedom, you just clearly state, that you do not care how many people should be killed by another psycho, until it will be clear to every single person in the USA that guns should be controlled.
Most of the civilized states in the world put guns under control.
Wake up until your own child or you would be killed just because you've been passing by at the very same moment...

Ignorance the tragedy will destroy the society, its morality and will bring the awful fruits very soon.

1. By controlling weapons in the hands of registered hunters, policemen, any other people (hobby, sport and etc) who is not scared to be responsible for keeping and using it, the society prevents such a tragedy to be repeated and copied by sick individuals.
2. By limiting access to guns we can diminish a number of victims in a situation like in the Virginia Tech shooting.

Somebody spoke up for disable people, for their pain and suffering, and look around - now every single building has a special access for a wheelchair and a special toilet cabin - but who could believe that could happened? In that campaign there were no direct victims.

Just imagine yourself for a moment to be a family member who lost a relative in a shooting. It is indescribable pain. It is emptiness for years.

It is not their personal problem – it is the whole society tragedy.


Let's speak up for putting guns under control, and we will save thousands of lives in the USA!

Bravo, Mr. Bloomberg! You have guts to do what others do not dare.
I am very proud of you!

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Finally somebody got courage to look into the root of the schools shootings. It is absolutely obvious that nobody would...

Rhea

Apr 20, 2007 14:28

Rhea, if you think that gun control saves lives I think you need to take a long vacation to Darfur... [MORE]

Doug Postlewait

Apr 22, 2007 16:15

Society is safer when the criminals do not know who is armed. That mayor and his freedom hating morons are... [MORE]

Dave

Apr 20, 2007 12:19

Now that the Bloomberg ads will be aired, I am sure that the same stations will be more than happy... [MORE]

ED Knights

Apr 20, 2007 11:02

What Bloomberg is doing is taken from the left's playbook,exploit a tragedy to further their political agenda. The left could... [MORE]

RBadenhop

Apr 20, 2007 06:24

It is unfortunate that such an intellect such as Michael Bloomberg is so ignorent on this topic. The second ammendment... [MORE]

George G

Apr 20, 2007 09:57

It is unfortunate that such an intellect such as Michael Bloomberg is so ignorent on this topic. The second ammendment... [MORE]

George G

Apr 20, 2007 10:03

It is unfortunate that such an intellect such as Michael Bloomberg is so ignorent on this topic. The second ammendment... [MORE]

George G

Apr 20, 2007 10:06

If it is immoral to own, possess or control firearms for the purpose of defending one's self, family and property,... [MORE]

R. Goelzer

Apr 20, 2007 03:28

The signs that say "Gun Free Zone" should be reworded to read "Free Fire Zone". New York City is one... [MORE]

Ralph Warner

Apr 20, 2007 00:44

Dear Mayor: Please fix your own city and stop blaming the rest of the country for your failed policies. Where I... [MORE]

David Nelson

Apr 19, 2007 22:35

Amen to FIX YOUR OWN CITY. My feelings exactly. [MORE]

Gilbert Owens

Apr 20, 2007 09:55

Bloomberg must be sniffing glue to think that more Gun laws is what would have prevented the Vtech tragedy, why... [MORE]

william Patrick

Apr 19, 2007 21:28

Living in N.Y.C. all my life , why does the City Restrict our Constitutional Right to defend ourselves on the... [MORE]

Mark Ralin

Apr 19, 2007 20:46

There are too many places in this country where your security is your resposibility. According to court rulings the police... [MORE]

Frank Chapman

Apr 19, 2007 19:40

If bloomberg put his efforts into pro gun lobby, NYC would be a much safer place. I am an ex... [MORE]

Ed Maloney

Apr 19, 2007 19:33

It is based on a rather obvious flaw. The theme of the NRA magazine cover would only be significant if a... [MORE]

David Hardy

Apr 19, 2007 15:55

A large number of people are pretending that a gun ban would have stopped the shootings in Virginia. They are... [MORE]

Charles P.

Apr 19, 2007 15:38

In & around the early '90s, Diane Sawyer shocked many conservatives when, on a segment of ABC"s "Primetime", she reported... [MORE]

Bob Ellis

Apr 19, 2007 13:51

As Mayor Bloomberg well knows, this is not about legitimate access to firearms trace data, which law enforcement already has.... [MORE]

K. A. Reis

Apr 19, 2007 12:50

The Tiahrt Amendment is endorsed by the National Fraternal Order of Police and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and... [MORE]

William

Apr 19, 2007 12:22

Why can't the anti-gun lobby see how their rules cost lives at VT? The campus at VT is a "gun... [MORE]

Michael E. Landon

Apr 19, 2007 12:08

Exactly, the anti's are the ones to blame, this tragedy would have been stopped in it's tracks had a student... [MORE]

william p

Apr 19, 2007 21:31

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