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 […]

Looks like the Tennessee Gubernatorial race is getting underway with the two contenders on the Republican side looking to be Zach Wamp and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. AC doesn’t see Wamp getting too far because of money. You’ll recall that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded, anti-gun group Mayors […]

Remember that mayor whose dog was killed when the police put on their ninja clothes and kicked in his door because someone mailed him some weed? Well, turns out that: 1) Police concluded that maybe that really wasn’t his weed (duh – who mails 30 pounds of illegal drugs and doesn’t plan on getting caught). […]

A judge has struck down two of Philly’s illegal gun laws. They let three stand because NRA lacks standing, which is legalese for I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you damn kids.

NYT: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition founded by Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, announced today that it was placing a television advertisement in Kentucky, which is holding Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on May 20. But anyone who expected the nonpartisan group to take a stand […]

Letter to the editor in Philly: ABOUT 90 percent of the people shot in the city last year were African-American. While figures are unavailable, it is assumed by most that close to 100 percent of the perpetrators of these shootings were African-American. Almost all the firearms used in these shootings were obtained, possessed and carried […]

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean may join an anti-gun group: A national movement among urban mayors against illegal guns and the so-called “gun show loophole” has made its way to Knoxville and Memphis. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said he is exploring joining that cause. Mayor Haslam and other Tennessee mayors have signed up with this anti-gun […]

In Chicago, they’ve gone from advocating things shown not to work to praying for thing that do not work: Ministers To Fast, Pray For Gun Control, Hope Lawmakers Pay Attention A group of inner-city ministers is calling for fasting and prayer the next three days — to dramatize the violence that targets Chicago schoolchildren. WBBM’s […]

Judge to Mayor: Knock that shit off. If they enforce the illegal laws anyway, remember TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242

In Philly, they passed a bunch of gun laws that are illegal due to pre-emption. The mayor has said enforcement goes into effect now. This will get interesting. Sebastian has the skinny.

That’s a term we hear used a lot from police with respect to policy. It’s a nice way of saying pressuring under color of authority. And DC is once again about to go over the line with its gun laws: D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) and Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced several new […]

Bloomberg’s latest: In a new tactic against urban crime, the mayors of several East Coast cities, including New York, plan to launch a database that will allow them to share information on known gun offenders. The database, expected to be operational later this year, will pool data from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]

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 […]

Parade (yes, that little rag that gets tucked into the comics section of the Sunday paper) addresses crime guns: Even though crime is on the decline across the U.S., gun violence is actually on the rise. How do guns continue to end up in the hands of criminals? A small group of sellers is responsible: […]

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 […]

San Francisco is often touted as a tolerant city.   It’s tolerant alright, as long as you’re only engaging in activities the leftist elite that run the city approve of.  Naked bike ride day?   Just fine.  Have a gun show?  Oh no!  Not that! “It needs to be shut down, and we’re going to do our […]

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 […]

The Gazette: A quick check of the NRA Web site, admittedly a player with an agenda, tells a different story. For one thing, it provides more information about the two amendments the committee killed. The first would have done away with the Tiahrt language altogether and made BATFE data public record for anyone to see. […]

The NRA: The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to protect language commonly known as the Tiahrt Amendment, rejecting two separate amendments designed to strike and gut the language, in the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008. This language maintains firearm trace information within the law enforcement community and out of the […]

Good: In a blow to Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign against illegal* guns, a Senate committee yesterday voted 19–10 to pass an amendment that mandates prison time for police officers who use federal gun-trace data for anything except specific investigations. And it’s even improved: Senator Shelby, a Republican of Alabama, sponsored the amendment, which is a more […]

He addresses the distortions about ATF trace data: U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) today blasted the organization behind a comprehensive campaign aimed at repealing current law that prohibits public release of critical data related to ongoing criminal investigations. In addition to a full page ad in USA Today last week, Internet ads and a series […]

A while back, I got a phone call. It went something like this: Me: Hello Person calling: This is blah blah from the Fraternal Order of Police. You have been a regular contributor for a number of years and we were hoping you’d continue that this year. Me: I would. But it seems your organization […]

The NY Post: A half-dozen cities might follow New York’s lead and conduct their own undercover sting operations to disrupt illegal gun sales, a senior mayoral aide disclosed yesterday. “There are a number of cities that want to emulate what we’ve done,” John Feinblatt, Mayor Bloomberg’s criminal justice coordinator, said at a breakfast sponsored by […]

Seen here: COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA April 13, 2007 Office of the Attorney General The Honorable Michael Bloomberg Mayor, City of New York Municipal Building, One Centre Street Tenth Floor North New York, NY 10007 Robert F. McDonnell Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-786-2071 FAX 804-786-1991 Virginia Relay Services 800-828-1120 7-1-1 RE: […]

Chuck Canterbury: Some of America’s mayors, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, would like you to believe that their Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is about fighting illegal firearms in their cities and across the country. It’s not. The principal goal of this coalition is the […]

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (who is a member of the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns that is funded by the Joyce Foundation – summary here and all posts here) has announced his plans for a second term: Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam today announced his candidacy for a second term. Haslam who was elected in 2003 […]

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership responds to the Justice Department telling Bloomberg to knock it off: “The response by the Bush Administration’s Justice Department to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to combat illegal gun trafficking come across as an effort to silence the messenger rather than respond to the problem of […]

This just in: The federal government will not file criminal charges against any of the 15 out-of-state gun dealers accused by Mayor Bloomberg in a federal lawsuit of selling guns illegally, the Daily News has learned. In a stern rebuke to the city’s high-profile crusade against illegal guns, the feds warned the Bloomberg administration that […]