Here it comes
I’ve long felt, that as a byproduct of the supposed culture war, we’ve seen drastic differences between the big cities and rural areas. Bloomberg has decided to get a big group of big city mayors together to have a gun conference:
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will host a summit next week for about a dozen of their colleagues to discuss gun violence, a problem that has long frustrated big-city mayors.
Mayors from Dallas, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C., and Seattle are among those scheduled to attend the meeting at Gracie Mansion, the historic Upper East Side house where Bloomberg holds official events.
Bloomberg, a Republican, has zeroed in on gun control as a priority for his second term, which began four months ago. Crime statistics show the number of shootings this year is slightly lower than last year, but high-profile gun deaths _ like that of a toddler killed by a stray bullet on Easter Sunday _ continue to hold a spotlight on the issue.
Jeff figures the strategy will include:
1) Suing gun stores across the country that legally sell guns.
2) Reviving the AWB.
3) Lobbying the governors of other states to enact the same gun-lack-of-rights that NY and NYC have.
4) Refusing (or making it damn near impossible) for law abiding citizens to obtain a CCW permit to protect themselves.
I think pretty much anything in the Brady Wish list is likely. Bruce says:
Not a “gang” summit, a “crack dealer” summit, a “carjacker” summit, or an “armed assailant of any kind” summit. It’s those pesky inanimate objects…again. Remember the big “car” summit that was held last year as the state legislature was exploring new ways to crack down on drunk driving in the Commonwealth?
April 19th, 2006 at 10:47 am
It is funny that Dallas’ mayor is going. She is so at odds with the rest of the city management that she wouldn’t be able to get anything done even if she was on the same side of the issue as the rest of the city management, which she isn’t. The Police Chief has dealt with CCW both as a chief and on patrol, and recognises that at the worst it makes no difference and likely makes things better, and the city attorney has enough to do defending the stupid lawsuits the city council has caused without pursuing new ones.
(BTW, Dallas police have a really good attitude towards CCW. The two times I’ve been stopped by them, they never took my weapon. Just wanted to know where and what it was. The BUS POLICE, on the other hand, had to instantly disarm me to feel competent — I mean, safe.)
April 19th, 2006 at 12:40 pm
Phelps, this unrelated, but I heard the proactive drunk arrests in Dallas have been temporarily halted…any updates?
April 19th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Yeah, it was a stupid way for the TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commision) to justify a bunch (i.e. too many) new hires. Since they got so much stink on them, they have decided to actually find something for these newly minted thugs to do.