So, we knew that Shelby County Mayor Wharton and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam were members of the Joyce Foundation funded group Mayors Against Guns. But now, there’s a new edition. Via Rustmeister, seems Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan is also a member of this sham group. Other mayors have figured out the group is a […]

Only, this one was started by the good guys: Delaware County attorney C. Scott Shields says Mayor-elect Michael Nutter’s “stop-and-frisk” proposal for getting illegal guns off Philadelphia’s streets is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Shields, the mayor of Rutledge Borough, plans to sue the city himself if Nutter implements the policy – just as soon […]

Sebastian reports that yet another mayor has dropped out of Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. Says Mary B. Wolf, Mayor of Williamsport, PA: I have learned that the Coalition may be working on issues that conflict with legal gun ownership and that some action on your behalf are dubious. I have also learned that other mayors from […]

A third mayor has quit Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group: A third mayor has bowed out of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun mayors’ coalition, saying he is in favor of disarming criminals, but “not at the risk of losing our Constitutional freedom.” SAF learned from the staff at Gun Week that Rio Rancho, NM Mayor […]

Via Georgia Packing, An Alaska mayor has quite Bloomberg’s Mayors against guns group (second letter): Guarding Second Amendment rights was not a part of mayors’ coalition This is in response to some recent questions about my involvement in the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition. I recently withdrew my name from the coalition after initially agreeing […]

In light of some recent postings on Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belonging to anti-gun group, I was going back through some links. Looks like Tennessee has another mayor that has recently allied himself with an anti-gun group: Shelby County Mayor A.C. Warton. Unlike Knoxville, the Memphis press has covered the issue: Wharton will travel to […]

Wayne LaPierre (who has fixed the picture issue) notes that: In Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Frank Melton is scheduled to go on trial for illegally carrying his concealed firearm inside a church, a school, and a park. … Melton was one of the first mayors to sign up with Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, and he followed his […]

Late for Dinner says good for Haslam: To his credit, Haslam would not back down. He said he doesn’t understand why anyone would not want illegal guns off the street, and invited Gill down to the KPD evidence room to see what they were talking about. Good for Mayor Haslam. As I said there: The […]

The NY Sun: Mayor Bloomberg has been hit with another lawsuit in connection with his campaign to crack down on illegal guns. A South Carolina gun dealer became the second storeowner to sue after Mr. Bloomberg targeted it a few months ago in an undercover sting operation designed to stymie illegal gun sales. The lawsuit, […]

Another illegal mayor goes to the big house.

And another illegal mayor. Mayor James Schiliro of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, a member of Michael Bloomberg’s MAIG coalition, held a minor hostage at gun point. He also gave the minor alcohol.

The joke about Mayors Against Guns has often been that they are illegal mayors since they seem to get arrested more often than concealed carriers. Well, they seem to have figured out that bit of embarrassment and now scrub mayors from their site when arrested. They can learn.

Snowflakesinhell is now Shall Not Be Questioned. And they bring us news of another Mayor Against Guns breaking the law. If you’re a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, you’re 3 times more likely to be a criminal than the general population.

Mayors Against Guns (who are 45 times more likely to be convicted of crimes than Florida concealed firearm license holders) commissioned a poll to get their desired results. Because they’re scared.

On twitter: If you’re a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, you’re 3 times more likely to be a criminal than the general population. It is a long list.

Another member of Mayors Against Guns getting charged with a crime. This time, child pornography. It’s a recurring theme. I posit that the average member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns is more likely to commit a crime than a carry permit holder.

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belongs to the anti-gun group Mayors Against Illegal Guns (background here). He has recently begun to distance himself from the group and good for him. As he has stated a few times, he signed the petition that had some core principles that he thought everyone could agree on. Well, here are […]

Glenn and Helen sat down to interview Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. You can see the interview here. They ask him about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. He says it was probably a mistake to have joined. And that when it started, Bloomberg wasn’t in charge. He does not favor any more gun controls. He […]

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is running for governor. He belongs to a an anti-gun group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which keeps having members exit. One of his gubernatorial opponents says: As for the Second Amendment, he parts ways with Mayor Haslam, comparing the idea of suing gun manufacturers for crime (which Haslam has gone […]

Another Bloomberg Mayor Against Guns arrested: Agents of the Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation arrested Racine Mayor Gary Becker at Brookfield Square Mall Tuesday and booked him into the Kenosha County Jail while seeking several charges including child enticement, according to the state attorney general’s office. Thirdpower reminds us that that is number […]

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a member of Mayors Against Illegal guns (see links here), addresses his membership at about the 9:30 mark, here. He just signed it and thinks they have six points everyone should agree with. I can’t find those points. Obviously, he’s gearing up for his gubernatorial run. Some bits: [Bloomberg] has his […]

Reader Rick emails the following in response to this anti-gun column (long, grab your coffee): THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT, OUR CURRENT GUN CULTURE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY DOWN A PATH TO MAYHEM. My gun has lead no one anywhere. It merely sits in the drawer until I use it. And I […]

Instead of actually, you know, dealing with their own problems, Mayor Newsom is trying to legislate other cities. A city hit hard by gun violence should not have gun sales at its back door, said Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is expected to announce today that The City is seeking state legislation to end gun shows […]

Pennsylvania is becoming the center of the gun control debate. Seems the antis are pushing their wares non-stop there: Pennsylvania lawmakers held a special session on Tuesday to discuss 94 initiatives to tighten the state’s relatively loose gun controls in an effort to reduce gun crime. The two-day meeting was attended by the mayors of […]

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard details of Michael Bloomberg and the city of New York hiring private investigators to conduct a sting on out of state gun dealers that are the source of crime guns in New York. USA Today had the story first: Wearing hidden cameras, the investigators entered stores in teams of […]

Bob Barr says Bloomberg has misfired: In a broad sense, it ought to concern us because if a government can illegally and forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens in one city simply because it proclaims a “crisis,” we are all subject to having our constitutional liberties trampled. Even if civil liberties organizations such as the NRA are […]

Heh: After Nashville motorist T. Allen Morgan got a speeding ticket in Coopertown — a town known for its heavy-handed traffic enforcement — he tried to pay his ticket like a good citizen. But he added a little note on his check which angered Mayor Danny Crosby. The mayor refused to accept the check, sparking […]

Is Harold Ford, Sr. involved in the Tennessee Waltz? I look into that and the nest of interconnections in the Memphis side of this scandal.

A reminder Kelo v. New London is heading to to the Supreme Court. Here’s a quick summary. In (not so) Freeport, Tx, Eminent Domain is being used for the confiscation of private land to build a private yacht marina. A reader emails Scandal In Freeportwhich is keeping up with the Freeport case. An editorial reminds […]

A Chicago alderman has proposed banning pit bulls from the city: The ordinance introduced yesterday would make it illegal for anyone to own a pit bull terrier dog or a pit bull mix. Owners would have 30 days to get rid of their animals. And violators would face fines of up to one-thousand dollars and […]