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I am just wondering, is the the fact that it's a gun sting that bothers you - or a politician from NY going after things in Virginia?

If he was doing a drug sting in Virginia because he received information that they were flooding NY streets from a meth lab in Virginia would you feel the same way?

The problem with this case is much different then drugs.

Guns are legal to buy. Like it or not. Now Bloomberg sent people to try and buy guns out of state. a "straw purchase" is when somebody buys a gun and they are of good background. They pass the background checks etc. Then they turn around and give it to their illegal buddy.

How does the legal gun dealer know that is what is going to happen? That is the big problem with what Bloomberg is doing here. Just because a straw purchase was made does not mean the dealer knew about it.

What VA is doing now, I think, is charging the people that did this for Bloomberg because what they did is in fact illegal. At least that's what they should do.

A Clip from the New York Daily News about Bloombergs battle against illegal guns and the people who have them.

CINCINNATI - Flanked by 14 new members of a mayors' coalition, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday a national television and Internet campaign against federal legislation that he said would hamper cities' efforts to combat illegal guns.

Bloomberg said the campaign would oppose the so-called Tiahrt Amendment, a rider added to congressional appropriations bills that Bloomberg said restricts cities' access to government information on illegal guns.

New York's billionaire mayor said he would provide initial funding for the campaign.

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory formally joined the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition at the Thursday event, as did 13 suburban mayors from around Ohio and Kentucky, bringing the group's total membership to 182.

"Public safety is a regional issue that requires a united response," Mallory said. "Criminals do not recognize municipal boundaries, and we need to make sure that our efforts do not stop at our individual borders either."

Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino launched the coalition last year to press the government to share federal gun trace data with local law enforcement.

The National Rifle Association's lobbying arm says on its Web site that the Tiahrt Amendment would protect gun owner privacy. But a rival gun group, the American Hunters & Shooters Association, has thrown its support behind the mayors.

Bloomberg dismissed any arguments in favor of the amendment.

"Keeping illegal

And here is another:

109 GUN-BLEEP MAYORS. MORE LEADERS JOIN MIKE'S FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS

BOSTON - Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced yesterday that their coalition of mayors fighting for stricter gun-control laws has swelled to 109 from 15 since April. "We are Republicans, we are Democrats and we are independent," Bloomberg said. "We represent cities of all sizes from 44 different states. "But no matter what our differences, we all share one thing in common - a belief that we have a responsibility to do everything possible to take illegal guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals." The duo announced the launch of a new Web site for their group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and said they will hold a summit in Washington in January, aimed at getting reluctant federal lawmakers behind their effort. "Mayors are problem solvers," said Menino, who said that federal officials are "out to lunch" on the gun issue. "That's what we do. We don't run away from our constituents and their concerns. We will not allow extremists in the gun lobby to turn our streets into a war zone." Bloomberg has raised his national profile in the last year, crisscrossing the country to call for stricter gun control laws. Last week, he traveled to Harrisburg, Pa., to lobby state lawmakers for tighter gun laws. In May, after the city conducted its own out-of-state sting operations, exposing illegal gun sales by stores whose weapons have turned up on New York streets, the city sued 15 gun shop owners in five states. Yesterday, the mayor said that suit was an exampl

I don't know how it was done.

All I know is most gun shops are not big franchises. If the peopple that Bloomberg is doing this to are truly innocent then Bloomberg is destroying their business. They will be paying tons in lawyer fees. They most likely will go out of business.

Generally speaking I think Bloomberg is sueing instead of having the shop's owners arrested because there is not enough or no evidence of a crime.

This of course is all speculation because I am not a lawyer involved in all this nor do I read all about it on the NRA's website.

yea, sorry they weren't there when I wrote my comment.

I like to believe in the idea of karma. If these people aren't inncocent and have finally been caught then great! However, if they are truly innocent and some big giant is pounding on the little people. Well in my opinion that's not cool.

From those articles I don't see anything that would make me believe these people are innocent or guilty for that matter. I don't really trust the media to do good reporting anymore especially when half of them can't spell "expiration."

Anyone selling a gun illegally is definately a Bonehead. The question is did they do it illegally?

I never thought you were calling me a Bonehead so no problems. :)

Yep I agree, if that's how the "sting" was done, then it is done wrong.

As far as transfat goes, I don't think that's a bad thing. The same way people don't want smoking when they eat - another Bloomberg deal, I don't want transfats in my food. It is good for everyone who eats these foods.

I smoke and I complain everytime I go out and eat and have to walk outside to smoke after I finish. Just because I am unhappy about doing so, doesn't make me right. I realize that, and thet is why I also agree with the law he made that inconviences me the most. Especially when its raining and/or cold outside.

I hope his next act is to make people step on a scale or make a bloodpressure check before they can purchase that entenmann's cake and their diet coke :) lol

If those that used a gun in the commission of a felony were given a summary execution with their stolen weapon both theft of guns and related crime would end.Problem solved!