Bizpac -- Every now and then, liberals let their masks slip off to reveal their true feelings and agendas.
That was the case Friday, when former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took the stage at the Aspen Institute to discuss marijuana legalization, which he decried as stupid, according to the Aspen Times.
He also touted vocational education and, of course, his favorite topic, gun grabbing.
The latter point was glossed over by the Times but deserves a hard look.
Not only did Bloomberg call for taking away Americans’ right to arms, as he usually does, but this time, he suggested targeting a specific group: minority males between the ages of 15 to 25.
The former mayor claimed that the demographic is responsible for 95 percent of all murders.
“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” he said. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”
Not only is the ex-mayor’s sweeping generalization the kind of statement that would get a Republican roasted as “racist,” it also highlights the basic problem with the liberal position. For a small slice of the population — minority males aged 15 to 25 — they want to restrict the Second Amendment rights of every one of nearly 320 million Americans?
Blog author's comments - First of all Bloomberg and Obama would prefer taking away Americans' right to bear arms. Bloomberg 'suggested targeting a specific group: minority males between the ages of 15 to 25.' The former mayor claimed that this demographic is responsible for 95 percent of all murders. In this instance the statement Bloomberg made is probably not racist. The majority of the crime and killings in the U.S. is done by minorities.
One problem with controlling it is that most of their guns are illegal. Those doing the crime and shootings don't care how many new gun-control laws are passed by the Obama regime. Most of the guns that are used in a crime are not purchased legally so there is no paper trail which Bloomberg and Obama want for everyone else who are legal gun owners following the law.
Bloomberg's statistics are probably correct. But just how does he think he is going to get their guns, and how long does he think it will take for them to attain new ones? The government isn't going to stop them and the police can't do it either. Bloomberg and Obama should concentrate on those doing the crimes. Deal with the real problem and leave the rest of the people who are law-abiding gun owners alone.
