Virginia Tells NYC and Bloomberg to Pound Sand
From The Washington Post:
RICHMOND, May 9 -- Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell is warning New York to stop, by the summer, sending private agents into Virginia to look for illegal gun sales, saying that the agents could face legal action.My Comments:
Because of a Virginia law that goes into effect in July, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (R) and his agents could be charged with a felony if they continue to target Virginia gun dealers with undercover sting operations, McDonnell said.
McDonnell (R) has sent Bloomberg what amounts to a cease-and-desist letter.
"This was a courtesy letter to the mayor to advise him about a change in Virginia law of which he should be aware," McDonnell said Wednesday.
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Gun rights groups are also furious, and in the spring they convinced the Republican-controlled General Assembly to intervene. The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that says Virginia or federal law enforcement officials have to be present before such stings can be conducted. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) signed the law in March.
"This new law strikes the proper balance between ensuring proper law enforcement and protecting the rights of law-abiding firearms dealers and those of Virginia citizens under the Second Amendment," McDonnell, a possible Republican candidate for governor in 2009, wrote to Bloomberg.
Mike Stollenwerk, a member of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, praised McDonnell's letter, saying he put "Bloomberg on notice."
The league has also been holding a series of "Bloomberg Gun Giveaways" to support the dealers' legal expenses.
Next week, at Fairfax County's Mason Government Center, "a handgun, a long gun, lots of ammunition, and other prizes will be awarded" as part of a drawing, according to a statement from Stollenwerk.
[Bloomsberg's spokesman] says Bloomberg "will continue to develop innovative and aggressive ways to keep New Yorkers safe."
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... Bloomberg "will continue to develop innovative and aggressive ways to keep New Yorkers safe."
How about allowing them to defend themselves?
Labels: Guns, The Old Dominion
posted by Pro Ecclesia 1:52 PM
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5 Comments:
Blomberg took Giuliani's slightly authoritarian tinge and magnified it by an order of ten. He really is a creep. Good financial manager, but an overbearing nanny nonetheless.
I used to miss New Yor quite a lot. Used to.
I was with you until you started name-calling. Calling someone a "moron" because you don't agree with his actions (right or wrong) shows a lack of taste and Christian charity. God loves Mayor Bloomberg as much as He loves you, and I'm sure God doesn't find him a "moron."
Remember, WWJD?
You're right. I should have stopped at "socialist". I've corrected the post.
The worst of it is, it seems the the media somtimes floats Bloomberg's name around as a potential indepdent candidate for pres. Further confirming what is already so apparent, the liberal elites of our country think all that exists is the Northeast and California, the rest is just a flyover void.
Well Jay, don't sweat the moron comment too much - it's a common mistake. Sometimes when we are confronted with someone with authority who would like to impose their ignorance on everyone else, out of charity we tend to think it's just that they don't know better or are moronic. The truth of the matter is, they are not ignorant - they just have bad intentions and contempt for their fellow man.
Like anywhere else where there is a crime problem, the cause is people choosing to do wrong and/or a government not dealing with criminals in a just and effective manner. NYC government trying to blame the Virginia for their shortcomings is the epitome of ignorance or merely being unable to take responsibility for their own failures. Here's some simple logic for Bloomberg, Guiliani, et al: If Virginia gun laws are so wrong headed that they cause crime (a preposterous notion anyway), then Virginia should have a far worse crime rate than a city and a state hundreds of miles away. But to the contrary, Virginia has much less violent crime than New York. The only possible reasonable answers as to why are. a) The people of Virginia are better people; b) Respecting the rights of the people to arm themselves reduces crime; c) Restricting the rights of people to arm facilitates crime; d) Virginia's penal system is far more advanced than New York's OR any combination thereof. Reasoning, so simple and so evident to generations of people that to not get it is either moronic or evil. I would think moron is the more charitable adjective - though, I don't necessarily think it's prudent to use publicly, it's not a crime of high order or anything. ;)
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