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Bloomberg to Launch $50 Million Gun Control Initiative
APRIL 17, 2014
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Bloomberg to Launch $50 Million Gun Control Initiative
Former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has announced a new initiative to address gun violence by mobilizing voters to support "common-sense gun policies."
The initiative will bring Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, gun control groups already funded by Bloomberg, under one umbrella group called Everytown for Gun Safety. Bloomberg told the New York Times he plans to spend $50 million in 2014 on the initiative, which will focus not on passing federal bans on specific weapons but on expanding the background check system for gun buyers.
In an effort to counter the gun lobby's efforts at the federal and state levels, Everytown for Gun Safety will launch a "Gun Sense Voter" campaign aimed at mobilizing a million more voters to back candidates who support gun control legislation. The campaign will target elections in fifteen states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington — and will focus on women voters, especially mothers. In addition, the group's advocacy arm, the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, will form a supporter-funded political action committee and will create candidate questionnaires and scorecards to inform voters of candidates' previous support for gun safety measures.
Gun control advocates need to learn from the National Rifle Association and hold politicians who fail to support their agenda to account, Bloomberg told the Times. Reflecting the former mayor's desire to work with members of both parties, however, Everytown for Gun Safety's advisory board has both Republicans and Democrats, including Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor and Department of Homeland Security secretary; Warren Buffett and Eli Broad; and Michael G. Mullen, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"This isn't just an urban problem, or a mass shooting problem. It can, and it does, happen in every town," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "And it will take every mayor, every mom, and every one of us to persuade our policy makers that we have to do more to protect our kids and our communities."
"New Gun Violence Prevention Group "Everytown for Gun Safety" Unites Mayors, Moms and Millions of Americans on New Paths to Victory: State Capitols, Corporate Responsibility, Voter Activation." Everytown for Gun Safety Press Release 04/16/2014.
Jeremy W. Peters. "Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A." New York Times 04/15/2014.
SUBJECTS: PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PEOPLE: ELI BROAD; JOHN FEINBLATT; MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG; WARREN BUFFETT
ORGANIZATION: EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY; MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS; MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA; NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
LOCATION: ARIZONA; COLORADO; FLORIDA; INDIANA; MINNESOTA; MONTANA; NEVADA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; TEXAS; VIRGINIA; WASHINGTON
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Eugene Iorgov227 days ago
I am a 72 year old Vietnam Veteran. I and my friends are appalled at the careless and irresponsible attitude Americans exhibit about guns. How can we, as a society sell guns, without having control over the sell of guns? Guns are like a stick of dynamite. Yes, some value exits for dynamite and guns. But guns are dangerous to the public and Americans are afraid of guns.
Mandatory Liability Insurance for guns is common sense. Guns kill. maim and injure Americans daily. One and one half million Americans have died from gun violence since Kennedy was shot in 1964. That is a line of dead people 254 miles long, toe to heel.
Mandatory liability insurance would use the serial number on the gun to track the gun ownership and license. No license, no ammo can be purchased. A license would need to be purchased before ownership of a gun. No sales, transfers, gifting or prizes of guns without a license. Mandatory liability insurance would be renewed at most yearly, in person, with the gun. The serial number would be checked and the condition of the gun could be checked. Can we imagine Steven Paddock, the killer in Las Vegas, hauling his big guns to the insurance office, to have them insured? Many people would know of his big guns.
Mandatory liability insurance would not interfere with the corrupted 2 nd Amendment. While that Amendment continues to aid the killers in America who use guns, the insurance could help cover costs due to gun violence. Current costs for being wounded by a gun is $28,000. Being killed costs about $14,000 for the death and treatment. Much more money is spent with severe injuries, such as organ failure.
I want to start a discussion about Mandatory Liability Insurance for guns. This subject is long overdue in the USA. While this will not stop killing with guns, it will put a obstacle in place for gun owners to face the reality of gun hazards and gun responsibility. If a person is a Patriotic American, liability insurance is basic , common sense about guns. Thank You.
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