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Did Bloomberg Bully Pat Toomey Into Caving on the 2nd Amendment?

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As you know, yesterday Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) held a news conference to present the “bipartisan” compromise he has worked out with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVA) on gun background checks. That “b” word, is a red flag, of course, as is the use of one of gun grabbers favorite phrases, “common sense.” Sen. Toomey said ““I don’t consider criminal background checks to be gun control. I consider them to be common sense.” Where have I heard that phrase before? Oh yes, I remember. Every time one of the mouthpieces for Mayor Bloomberg shows up on TV to shill for more gun control, he or she uses it to explain away any objections as unreasonable.

Perhaps that’s not a coincidence. Nanny Bloomberg was running ads against Sen.Toomey in Pennsylvania, but apparently after word of this compromise, the ads were pulled.

I don’t exactly have to find my shocked face when I learn that a politician might cave in the face of the slightest pressure from the likes of Bloomberg, but I am disappointed in Sen. Toomey’s doing the El Foldo on the 2nd Amendment. Does he realize that the Obama administration has admitted that they don’t have time to enforce existing laws on background checks? Recall the words of Joe Biden last January to Joe Baker, an NRA representative:

“And to your point, Mr. Baker, regarding the lack of prosecutions on lying on Form 4473s, we simply don’t have the time or manpower to prosecute everybody who lies on a form, that checks a wrong box, that answers a question inaccurately.”

Seriously? Sen. Toomey should be demanding an explanation for the administration’s failure to do the job they are obligated to carry out, not be grandstanding for soccer mommies in the Philadelphia suburbs by shilling for more pointless gun laws that are going to have ZERO impact on the type of mass shootings that Obama is using as an excuse to trample on our Constitutional rights.

In addition, this vaunted bipartisan compromise may contain another little surprise, the possibility that medical providers could add you to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) without even telling you! From Red State:

The proposal will allow a doctor to add a patient to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) without ever telling the patient he or she has been added.

There would be no due process requirement. Not all doctors will be able to do it with the same ease, but many will. Knowing a doctor could add him to a federal database as mentally ill without his knowledge could potentially dissuade a patient from going to the doctor in the first place to get help.

Worse, if the doctor does so and makes a mistake, the patient would have to actively work through the system to get himself removed — guilty before being proven innocent. In some states, should a doctor flag you as having mental illness without your knowledge, you may very well see the state come collect your previously purchased guns.

What could possibly go wrong? Can you go on this list if you seek grief counseling after a death in the family? What if you need treatment for depression? Gee, do you think the law of unintended consequences might come into play if this provision becomes law, perhaps by discouraging a lunatic from seeking help for fear of having his 2nd Amendment rights restricted? Here’s what I picture: way too many cases of people who legitimately seek help for an emotional problem ending up in a bureaucratic nightmare trying to restore their God-given rights, while the ACLU makes it nearly impossible to restrict genuine wackos from having Howitzers.

Sen. Harry Reid has said that the first vote will take place this morning at 10 a.m. If he doesn’t get 60 votes to end it, there will be 30 hours of debate. The filibuster that Sen. Cruz, Sen. Paul and Sen. Rubio promised is uncertain at this point. Sen. Cruz cancelled two press conferences yesterday about the gun bill, leaving observers to wonder if he too is going wobbly.

Stay tuned.

Two Liberal Phonies, Bloomberg and Mark Kelly: 2nd Amendment Hypocrites

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The Washington Times reports on these two who want to restrict the freedom of the little people, you know, you. First the man with the big mouth, the bigger wallet and the planet’s biggest Napoleon complex, Nanny Bloomberg.

Bloggers are taking New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to task, accusing him of hypocrisy for pushing strict gun control onto Americans but simultaneously seeking gun-carry exemptions for his security detail when he travels to Bermuda, where firearms are largely prohibited.

The New York Times first reported of this disparity in 2010, stating that the mayor uses taxpayer dollars to pay for two armed city officers to accompany him on get-away jaunts to Bermuda. But before he can fly them in, he has to obtain special permission so they can keep their guns: Bermuda is so anti-gun that even its own police force isn’t armed, The Times reported then.

As Mr. Bloomberg ratchets up his Second Amendment clampdown, and spends millions of his own dollars to push for stronger gun controls through Capitol Hill, the online community is reigniting this story.

Bloggers are questioning why Mr. Bloomberg on one hand pushes for tight gun control, but on the other, finds the need for gun control exemptions for his personal protection.

Then there’s Mr. Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly. You will recall that former Rep. Giffords’ astronaut husband made news recently when he was caught purchasing one of those scary “assault rifles” that no ordinary citizen should own, according to him. Once busted, Mr. Kelly said he was actually conducting his own investigation, or some such drivel, and that he planned to give the gun to the Tucson Police Department. A likely story, but one that caused the gun store owner to cancel the transaction. Mark, I thought you gun grabbers were against “straw purchasers?” If you plan to give the gun to someone else, what does that make you? Were you lying on your NICS background check form 4473?

On March 5, Mr. Kelly, a former astronaut who’s married for shooting victim and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, visited the Diamondback Police Supply store in Tucson, completed a background check and paid for an AR-15-type firearm, a .45-caliber handgun and several high-capacity magazines, the Blaze reported. The purchase came at a time when he and his wife had spoken publicly about the need for gun control and joined forces with several on Capitol Hill and in the gun-control community to press for legislative limits. …

Now, the gun shop says it has turned down Mr. Kelly’s purchase after all. On the store Facebook page, shop owner Douglas MacKinley said he has refunded Mr. Kelly’s money in full.

Mr. MacKinley adds: “While I support and respect Mark Kelly’s 2nd Amendment rights to purchase, possess and use firearms in a safe and responsible manner, his recent statements to the media made it clear that his intent in purchasing the Sig Sauer M400 5.56mm rifle from us was for reasons other than for his personal use. In light of this fact, I determined that it was in my company’s best interest to terminate this transaction.”

Fools.

Obama Administration’s Stunning Admission on Border Security-Today on the Teri O’Brien Show-3/24/13

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Last week the Lame Stream Media indulged two obsessions, one old, and one new. The former, their celebration of the anniversary of the tenth anniversary of the liberation of Iraq by demonizing Pres. George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and their new shiny hobby horse, the essential and immediate legalization of so-called same sex marriage. Meanwhile, there was actual news that will affect you and your family. During a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security made a stunning admission, one that went virtually unreported, even on so-called “conservative” news outlets like Fox News. Do you know about it? If not, listen and learn not only about another instance of incompetence, at best, or deliberate malfeasance, at worst when it comes to securing the border. We’ll discuss this shocking revelation with our guest Mark Kirkorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. We’ll also ask him about Sen. Rand Paul’s extremely disappointing statement earlier this week, an effective endorsement of open borders, and what about those Chinese baby factories in California? Is it time to put an end to birthright citizenship, and do we need a constitutional amendment to do it?

A very special Second Amendment Update featuring bloated sack of fat Michael Moore, who was also celebrating an anniversary, that of his Oscar-winning crockcumentary “Bowling for Columbine.” You are not going to believe what the Round Mound Whose LIes Astound has to say about the reason for gun violence in America. We’ll hear the porcine propagandist. Plus, a little man with a big mouth and bigger wallet, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, displays his Napoleon complex AGAIN with a $12 million dollar ad campaign to defeat candidates who support your 2nd Amendment rights.

Tune in today for the rest of the story.

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Court to Midget Millionaire/Control Freak Nanny Bloomberg: Fugetaboutit

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By now you know that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a problem with authority; that is, he has a problem any time he doesn’t have authority over every aspect of everyone else’s lives, and not just those living in New York City. As we noted a couple of weeks ago, he recently spent $2 million to defeat a pro-2nd Amendment candidate in a primary in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional district, a thousand miles from his jurisdiction. Remember when he started his meddlesome “sting” operations and sued gun stores in Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, legitimate businesses in other states?  The crushing legal fees that resulted drove two gun shops in Virginia out of business. 

Then there’s his desire to protect citizens of New York City from their own stupidity by making sure that they don’t ingest the wrong foods and drinks. Unfortunately, thanks to a Manhattan judge’s ruling, those poor helpless wretches are left to their own incompetent decision making. From The New York Daily News:

Mayor Bloomberg ‘s controversial ban on large, sugary sodas fell flat Monday when a judge shredded nearly every legal argument advanced by the mayor’s lawyers and tossed the regulation out.

The sweeping ruling, a day before the ban was to take effect, was a stinging setback for Bloomberg, who won national acclaim in pushing the regulation — and condemnation that he was creating a nanny state.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling dismissed the rule as “arbitrary and capricious,” with too many loopholes and exemptions, siding with soda companies and business groups that had taken the city to court.

Nanny Bloomberg is unimpressed. He knows that this judge, who wrote a very well-reasoned 37-page opinion, is wrong and that he is right, OF COURSE. I was impressed with Judge Tingling’s emphasis on separation of powers, which the brilliant Antonin Scalia has noted is as important, if not more important, than the Bill of Rights in protecting liberty.

Bloomberg claims that

“With so many people contracting diabetes and heart disease, with so many children who are overweight and obese, with so many poor neighborhoods suffering the worst of this epidemic . . . it would be irresponsible not to,” he said.
“People are dying every day. This is not a joke,” he said. “We’re talking about lives versus profits.”

proving yet again that having lots of money doesn’t mean you have lots of brains. Let me school you, Mr. Mayor. The solution to the problem you describe has nothing to do with ridiculous, and easily circumvented restrictions on personal food and beverage choices. It has to do with physical activity. As I noted in one of my books, Desperation Fitness, only 20  calories a day that a person doesn’t burn results in a 2-pound weight gain over the course of a year.

So, if you claim that you have the right to solve the “obesity epidemic,” what’s next? Mandatory morning workouts imposed by government fiat? Are NYC Exercise Inspectors going to ensure that your citizens expend a certain number of calories in physical activity every day? Why not just dispense with the inconvenience of trying to police that and put people in labor camps where you can make sure they’re on board with “Let’s Move?”

One more question: doesn’t the fact that British twit/ratings poison Piers Morgan agrees with you, Mr. Mayor, give you any pause that just maybe you might be wrong? I didn’t think so.

Bloomberg’s Napoleon Complex: First It Was The 32-oz Soda. Now it’s Your Pain Pills.

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NYC Mayor Nanny Bloomberg apparently is not content to control the size of soft drinks sold in local restaurants, or even to insinuate himself into the public policy of states as far as 500 miles away like Virginia. His insatiable desire to control other people now extends to making sure that they “suffer a little bit” if they are in pain. From Politicker:

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city officials unveiled a new initiative to limit supplies of prescription painkillers in the city’s emergency rooms as a way to combat what they described as a growing addiction problem in the region. Some critics, as documented by The New York Times, however, felt the move would unnecessarily hurt poor and uninsured patients who use emergency rooms as their primary care doctor. Needless to say, Mr. Bloomberg was not swayed by this line of argument.

“The city hospitals we control, so…we’re going to do it and we’re urging all of the other hospitals to do it, voluntary guidelines. Somebody said, oh, somebody wrote, ‘Oh then maybe there won’t be enough painkillers for the poor who use the emergency rooms as their primary care doctor,’” the mayor said on his weekly radio show with John Gambling. “Number one, there’s no evidence of that. Number two, supposing it is really true so you didn’t get enough painkillers and you did have to suffer a little bit. The other side of the coin is people are dying and there’s nothing perfect….There’s nothing that you can possibly do where somebody isn’t going to suffer and it’s always the same group [claiming], ‘Everybody is heartless.’ Come on, this is a very big problem.”

No, Mr. Mayor, the problem is politicians like you, intoxicated with your ability to control your fellow citizens.

Is this what they mean by a Napoleon complex? Why do I suspect like, just as is the case with concealed carry permits in New York, the wealthy and powerful won’t have to “suffer” like the little people?